NGC 4742 (also IRAS 12490-1009, MCG -2-33-32, UGCA 303 and PGC 43594) is a magnitude +11.3 elliptical galaxy located 58 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 51m 48.0s, Declination -10° 27' 17"
