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NGC 4007 (also NGC 4005, MCG 4-28-107, UGC 6952 and PGC 37661) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 205 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. 

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 Otto Wilhelm von Struve in March 1869 and relisted as NGC 4005

Right Ascension 11h 58m 10.0s, Declination +25° 07' 20"



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