NGC 4708 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . However, 15 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 11 March 1788.
NGC 4708 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.
NGC 4708 and neighboring galaxy are listed together as Holm 463 in Erik Holmberg's A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems, published in 1937.
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 4708: