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NGC 4724 (also MCG -2-33-22 and PGC 43494) is a magnitude +12.7 lenticular galaxy located 192 million light-years away in Corvus.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 8th February 1785. 

Right Ascension 12h 50m 53.6s, Declination -14° 19' 56"



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