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NGC 4479 (also MCG 2-32-100, UGC 7646 and PGC 41302) is a magnitude +12.4 lenticular galaxy located 40 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 8th April 1784.

Right Ascension 12h 30m 18.3s, Declination +13° 34' 41"



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