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NGC 4898 (also NGC 4898-1, MCG 5-31-82 and PGC 44736) is a magnitude +13.5 elliptical galaxy located 317 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 6th April 1864.

Right Ascension 13h 00m 17.7s, Declination +27° 57' 20"



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