NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC2417
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:30:12.1
Declination: -62:15:9
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 12.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, L, R, gbM, R
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 2417
24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x appears bright, large, oval 4:3 or 3:2 WSW-ENE, ~3'x2', broadly concentrated with a large, brighter core. A very faint star is at the south edge of the halo. The galaxy pair IC 2200A and IC 2200B lies 15' SW. This galaxy is at the east end of a group of galaxies including NGC 2381, NGC 2369, NGC 2369A, NGC 2369B and IC 2200/2200A.