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HCM-6A is a galaxy that was found in 2002 by a team led by Esther Hu from the University of Hawaii using the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii. HCM-6A is located behind the Abell 370 galactic cluster near M77 in the constellation Cetus which enabled the astronomers to use Abell 370 as a gravitational lens to get a clearer image of the object.HCM-6A was the farthest object known at the time of its discovery.