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NGC 4658 (also IRAS 12420-0948, MCG -2-33-1 and PGC 42929) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 110 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 Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 25th March 1786.

Right Ascension 12h 44m 37.7s, Declination -10° 05' 04" 



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