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NGC 4576 (also MCG 1-32-116, UGC 7792 and PGC 42152) is a magnitude +13.5 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 247 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden using a 39.6 cm (15.6 inch) f/15.6 Clark-refractor at the Washburn Observatory on the 27th April 1881.

Right Ascension 12h 37m 33.5s, Declination +04° 22' 03" 



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