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NGC 6912 (also ESO 596-38, IRAS 20240-1846, MCG -3-52-8 and PGC 64700) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 320 million light-years away in the constellation Capricornus.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden using a 39.62 cm (15.6 inch) f/15.6 Clark-refractor at the Washburn Observatory, Wisconsin on the 14th August 1881.

Right Ascension 20h 26m 52.1s, Declination -18° 37' 03" 

NGC 6912



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