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NGC 6075 (also IC 4594, MCG 4-38-38 and PGC 57426) is a magnitude +13.9 lenticular galaxy located 442 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 27th June 1881.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Stephane Javelle in July 1903 and relisted as IC 4594.

Right Ascension 16h 11m 22.6s, Declination +23° 57' 54"



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