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NGC 6024 (MCG 11-19-26 and PGC 56294) is a magnitude +14.5 spiral galaxy located 417 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 28th June 1886.

RA 15 53 07.8, Dec +64 55 06



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