NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC2217
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 6:21:39.8
Declination: -27:14:3
Constellation: CMA
Visual Magnitude: 10.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vB, S, R, psmbM, r
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2217
24" (2/5/13): very bright, very large, contains a brighter 1.3' core that is sharply concentrated with an intense nucleus! The round halo extends 3' and has a fairly smooth surface brightness. The outer halo passes through a wide pair of mag 12/13 stars on the west side. UGCA 126, a thin edge-on, lies 60' WSW.
13.1" (1/18/85): fairly bright, small, elongated ~E-W, well concentrated with a bright core surrounded by small faint halo, stellar nucleus at moments.