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NGC 4454 (also MCG 0-32-14, PGC 41083 and UGC 7606) is a magnitude +11.9 face-on barred Spiral Galaxy located 111 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 17th April 1789.

Right Ascension 12h  28m  50.6s, Declination -01° 56' 20"



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