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NGC 4915 (also MCG -1-33-69, UGCA 318 and PGC 44891) is a magnitude +12.1 elliptical galaxy located 139 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
In the sky it can be found roughly 5' southwest of the magnitude +15.3 galaxy NGC 4918.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 11th March 1787.

Right Ascension 13h 01m 28.1s, Declination Dec -04° 32' 46"



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