NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC417

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:11:5.5
Declination: -18:8:55
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 417

17.5" (10/4/97): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Can almost hold continuously with averted vision after identified at 280x.  Very weak if any concentration.  No brighter stars in field.