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NGC1217

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:6:6.0
Declination: -39:2:9
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, psbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1217

18" (1/17/09): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 45" diameter, sharply concentrated with a small brighter core and much fainter halo.  A 24" pair of mag 9/12 stars located 7' SE is lined up with the galaxy.  A mag 13 star lies 1.5' N.  A faint companion galaxy 0.9' N (MCG -07-07-004) was not seen, probably because of the low elevation.