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NGC 4637 (also UGC 7881, MCG 2-32-188 and PGC 42744) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located between 57 to 63 light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
The galaxy forms a galactic pair, with the brighter galaxy NGC 4638.

The galaxy was discovered by astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to  William Parsons, using with the 'Parsonstown Leviathan', a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr Castle on the 1st March 1854.

Right Ascension  12h 42m 54.2s, Declination Dec +11° 26' 17"



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