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NGC 6419 (also MCG 11-21-12, UGC 10924 and PGC 60543) is a magnitude +14.8 edge-on spiral galaxy located 365 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 17th August 1883.

Right Ascension 17h 36m 05.6s, Declination +68° 09' 21"



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