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NGC5217

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:34:5.9
Declination: +17:51:26
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: E1

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5217.  See IC 897 for a curious footnote to the observations of this 
galaxy.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5217

17.5" (5/30/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, evenly concentrated down to a small bright core.  Forms a pair with IC 897 3.2' ESE.  The companion appeared extremely faint, very small.  I could only glimpse this object for moments with averted vision but it appeared very elongated 3:1 SW-NE and extremely thin.