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NGC 4774

NGC 4774, also known as the Kidney Bean Galaxy, is a ring galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8581 ± 24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 126.56 ± 8.87 Mpc (~413 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 March 1787.

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 4774:

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