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NGC 6258 (UGC 10595, MCG 10-24-73 and PGC 59165) is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy located 141  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 16 52 29.7, Dec +60 30 52



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