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NGC 4900 (also IRAS 12580+0246, MCG 1-33-35, UGC 8116 and PGC 44797) is a magnitude +11.4 face-on spiral galaxy located 44 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 30th April 1786.

Right Ascension 13h 00m 39.0s, Declination +02° 30' 04" 



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