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NGC 4748 (also IRAS 12495-1308, MCG -2-33-34 and PGC 43643) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 202 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. 

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 27th March 1786.

Right Ascension 12h 52m 12.6s, Declination -13° 24' 49" 



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