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NGC 6190 (also IRAS 16312+5832, MCG 10-23-82, UGC 10443 and PGC 58458) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 154 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 October 1883. 

Position (J2000): R.A. 16h 32m 06.4s  |  Dec. +58° 26' 21"



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