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NGC 6958 (also ESO 341-15, IRAS 20455-3810, MCG -6-45-17 and PGC 65436) is a magnitude +11.4 elliptical galaxy located 125 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th August 1834. 

Right Ascension 20h 48m 42.6s, Declination -37° 59' 52"

NGC 6958



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