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NGC 4093 (also MCG 4-29-21 and PGC 38323) is a magnitude +14.3 elliptical galaxy located 331 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

The galaxy was discovered by Danish-German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor st the Copenhagen Observatory on the 4th May 1864.
The galaxy may have been first observed by William Herschel on the 26th April 1785. 

Right Ascension 12h 05m 51.4s, Declination +20° 31' 20"



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