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NGC 4555 (also IC 3545, MCG 5-30-26, UGC 7762 and PGC 41975) is a magnitude +12.4 elliptical galaxy located 307 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.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Max Wolf in March 1903 and relisted as IC 3545

Right Ascension 12h 35m 41.2s, Declination +26° 31' 23"

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