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NGC 6691 (also IRAS 18382+5535, MCG 9-30-31, UGC 11318 and PGC 62202) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 270 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 16th August 1884.

Right Ascension 18h 39m 12.0s, Declination +55° 38' 30"



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