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NGC1709

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:58:44.0
Declination: -0:28:40
Constellation: ORI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, np II 516
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1709.  Is this also = NGC 1717 (which see)?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1709

24" (12/21/16): at 282x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, ~0.4'x0.3', very small or stellar nucleus.  A mag 12.3 star is 50" NW of center. In a group (WBL 110) with NGC 1713 (brightest member) 2.7' ESE.

13.1" (11/29/86): very faint, very small.  A mag 13 star is close to the WNW edge just 0.8' from center.  Forms a pair with NGC 1713 2.7' ESE.