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NGC717

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:53:55.0
Declination: +36:13:47
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, * 15 sf 1'
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 717

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, small, edge-on WNW-ESE, small bright core.  Located 5.1' E of NGC 715 in the core of AGC 262.

13" (9/22/84): very faint, slightly elongated ~E-W, 6' E of NGC 714.