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NGC 4703 (also MCG -1-33-15 and PGC 43342) is a magnitude +13.7 edge-on spiral galaxy located 205 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 49m 18.9s, Declination -09° 06' 30"



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