NGC 6686 (also MCG 7-38-17 and PGC 62224) is a magnitude +14.7 compact galaxy located 325 million light-years away in the constellation Lyra.
The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Edward D. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 29th May 1887.
Right Ascension 18h 40m 06.9s, Declination +40° 08' 17"
