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NGC4717

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:50:34.5
Declination: -9:27:46
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: Double neb, np brighter ___DREYER___ smbM, sf one fainter
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4717

18" (4/9/05): faint, fairly small, elongated N-S, 0.7'x0.3'.  Forms an 0.8' double system with NGC 4716 off the north side.  MCG -01-33-022, a low surface brightness edge-on, lies 3.5' S (not noticed).