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NGC 6763 (also NGC 6762, UGC 11405 and PGC 62757) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 134 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 30th August 1883.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis Swift in April 1884 and relisted as NGC 6762.

Right Ascension 19h 05m 37.0s, Declination +63° 56' 03"

NGC 6763



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