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NGC 4905 (also ESO 443-31, MCG -5-31-15 and PGC 44902) is a magnitude +12.2 lenticular galaxy located 243 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. 

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 30th March 1835.

Right Ascension 13h 01m 30.6s, Declination -30° 52' 03"



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