Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 41 33.9
- Declination
- −10 ° 01 ′ 17 ″
- Distance
- 178 Mly
- Apparent magnitude v
- 13.0g
- Type
- S0/a
- Apparent size v
- 2.05' × 0.68'
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 57.02
- Image
- NGC 0217 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2425909816407356288
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-28
- Commons category
- NGC 217
- redshift
- 0.013166
- right ascension
- 10.39121691987890
- declination
- -10.02141044569580
- radial velocity
- 4108
- apparent magnitude
- 11.207
- galaxy morphological type
- S0a
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NGC 217 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy located approximately 178 light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on November 28, 1785 by William Herschel.
NGC 217 (SDSS)
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