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NGC 4682 (also IRAS 12446-0947, MCG -2-33-8 and PGC 43147) is a magnitude +12.2 spiral galaxy located 107 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 47m 15.5s, Declination -10° 03' 50" 



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