NGC 717

{{Short description|Galaxy in constellation Andromeda}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 717

| image = 250px

| upright = 1.15

| caption = Pan-STARRS image of NGC 717

| constellation name = Andromeda

| epoch = J2000

| type = S0/a{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 717

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2018-12-28}}

| ra = {{RA|01|53|55.1}}

| dec = {{DEC|36|13|46}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|64.4|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z = 0.016571

| h_radial_v = 4968 km/s

| group_cluster = Abell 262

| appmag_v = 14.86

| size_v = 1.3 x 0.2

| size = ~{{convert|30.4|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| names = MCG 6-5-41, PGC 7033, UGC 1363

}}

NGC 717 is a lenticular galaxy located 210 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+0717&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-12-29}} in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney on October 28, 1850{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc7.htm#717|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 700 - 749|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-21}} and is a member of Abell 262.{{Cite journal|last=Garcia|first=A. M.|date=1993-07-01|title=General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series|volume=100|pages=47–90|issn=0365-0138|bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA309|title=Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue|last=Steinicke|first=Wolfgang|date=2010-08-19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49010-8|page=309}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+0717|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-12-29}}