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NGC 4760 (also MCG -2-33-41 and PGC 43763) is a magnitude +11.4 elliptical galaxy located 219 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. 

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke using a 16.51 cm (6.5 inch) refractor on the 30th March 1876.

Right Ascension 12h 53m 07.2s, Declination -10° 29' 41"

 



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