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NGC 4746^[1]
NGC 4746
	NGC4746 - SDSS DR14
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 51m 55.36s
Declination	12° 04′ 58.7″
Redshift	0.00595
Heliocentric radial velocity	1783 +/- 5 km/s
Distance	106.8 Mly
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.3
Absolute magnitude (V)	-19.2
Characteristics
Type	Sb
Other designations
	UGC 8007, MCG +02-33-029, PGC 43601

NGC 4746 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located 107 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by John Herschel during a sky-survey on March 29, 1830.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Results for object NGC 4746". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ "NGC 4746 (= PGC 43601)". Celestial Atlas. cseligman.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

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Media related to NGC 4746 at Wikimedia Commons

[NED-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Results for object NGC 4746". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[2] "NGC 4746 (= PGC 43601)". Celestial Atlas. cseligman.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

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