NGC 6331

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NGC 6331 is a type E elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is located 737 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on December 20, 1797, utilizing an 18.7-inch f/13 spectrum telescope but also observed by Guillaume Bigourdan.

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Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.