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NGC 6527 (also UGC 11094, MCG 3-46-9, IRAS17595 +1943 and PGC 61297) is a magnitude 14.2 spiral galaxy (Sa), located in the constellation of Hercules. 

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 6th June 1886.

Position (2000): RA 18 01 46.399, Dec +19 43 44.47

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Date: 16.04.15 


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