NGC 6384 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 77 million light-years away in the northern part of the constellation Ophiuchus.

It was discovered on 10 June 1863 by German-British astronomer Albert Marth.

[5] NGC 6384 has a morphological classification of SAB(r)bc,[4] indicating that it is a weakly barred galaxy (SAB) with an inner ring structure (r) orbiting the bar, and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms (bc).

[4] At one time NGC 6384 was considered a normal galaxy with no activity in the nucleus.

However, it is now classified as a transition object (T2), which is thought to be a LINER-type galaxy whose emission-line spectra is contaminated by H II regions in the nucleus.