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NGC 4739 (also MCG -1-33-29 and PGC 43571) is a magnitude +12.5 elliptical galaxy located 174 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 3rd March 1786.

Right Ascension  12h 51m 37.1s, Declination -08° 24' 35"



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