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NGC 6831 (also MCG 10-28-11, UGC 11483 and PGC 63674) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 158 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 3rd September 1886.

Right Ascension 19h 47m 57.2s, Declination +59° 53' 35"



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