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NGC 6919 (also ESO 285-27, IRAS 20282-4423, MCG -7-42-11 and PGC 64883) is a magnitude +13.4 barred spiral galaxy located 305 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) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 2nd September 1836. 

Right Ascension 20h 31m 38.0s, Declination -44° 13' 00" 



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