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NGC 4789 (also MCG 5-30-124, UGC 8028 and PGC 43895) is a magnitude +12.1 lenticular galaxy located 385 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 6th April 1785.

Right Ascension 12h 54m 19.2s, Declination +27° 04' 04"



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