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NGC2917
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:34:27.0
Declination: -2:30:14
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, mbM
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2917
17.5" (2/13/88): faint, small, elongated NNW-SSE, brighter core. A mag 10 star (SAO 136961) is 2' SE.