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NGC 4467 (also MCG 1-32-80 and PGC 41169) is a magnitude +13.8 elliptical galaxy located 66 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
NGC 4467 forms a visual pair with Messier 49.

The galaxy may have been observed by German-British astronomer Frederick William Herschel at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 23rd January 1784.
The galaxy was independently discovered by Russian astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor on the 28th April 1851.

Right Ascension 12h 29m 30.3s, Declination +07° 59' 34" 



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