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NGC 4346 (also MCG 8-23-16, UGC 7463 and PGC 40228) is a magnitude +11.2 lenticular galaxy located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 1st April 1788.

Right Ascension 12h 23m 27.9s, Declination +46° 59' 38"



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