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NGC 4784 (also MCG -2-33-53 and PGC 43929) is a magnitude +13.6 lenticular galaxy located 176 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 25th March 1786.

Right Ascension 12h 54m 37.0s, Declination -10° 36' 46" 



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