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NGC 4023 (also MCG 4-28-113, UGC 6977 and PGC 37732) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 203 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

The galaxy was discovered by Danish-Irish astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer, assistant to Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr Castle on the 26th April 1878.

Right Ascension 11h 59m 05.3s, Declination +24° 59' 21"  



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