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NGC3017

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:49:3.0
Declination: -2:49:17
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, * 11 np 3'
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3017

17.5" (3/25/95): faint, small, round, 30" diameter, very weak concentration.  Forms the east vertex of a near equilateral triangle with two mag 12.5 and 14.5 stars 2.4' NW and 2.7' SW, respectively.