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NGC 4377 (also UGC 7501, MCG 3-32-25 and PGC 40477) is a magnitude +11.9 lenticular galaxy located 58 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.
The galaxy is accompanied by two small galaxies NGC 4377-2 (PGC 169245) and NGC 4377-3 (PGC 40476), but it is not known whether there is any physical connection between them, or whether they are background galaxies.

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 19th February 1784.

Right Ascension 12h 25m 12.4s, Declination +14° 45' 44"



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