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NGC 4968 (also ESO 508-6, IRAS 13044-2324, MCG -4-31-30 and PGC 45426) is a magnitude +12.8 lenticular galaxy located 136 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. 

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th March 1836.

Right Ascension 13h 07m 06.0s, Declination -23° 40' 37" 



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