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NGC217
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:41:33.9
Declination: -10:1:18
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, lE 90°, glbM
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 217. See NGC 153.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 217
17.5" (12/3/88): moderately bright, fairly small. This is a pretty edge-on 4:1 WNW-ESE with a small bright core and stellar nucleus.