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NGC 4728 (also NGC 4728A, MCG 5-30-98 and PGC 43455) is a magnitude +14.6 elliptical galaxy located 296 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-refracor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 3rd March 1867.

Right Ascension  12h 50m 28.0s, Declination +27° 26' 07"



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