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NGC1617

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:31:39.5
Declination: -54:36:7
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational

Summary description: B, L, mE 106°, vg, vsmbMN 5"
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1617

13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 2.8'x1.4'.  Well-concentrated with a bright 30" core which increases to a bright stellar or quasi-stellar nucleus!  This member of the Dorado group is easily located 33' NW of mag 3.2 Alpha Doradus.  The galaxy is cradled by three mag 12 stars 4' WNW, 5' SSW and 6' SE.  The NGC 1596/1602 pair lies 43' SW.