NGC 6217 - Arp 185
Image up-sampled 2.0x
Ursa Minor
Penryn, California
March 2006/May 2009
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM RGB 15 minute subs (2006)
ST-2000XM Lum 10 minute subs (2009)
NGC 6217 is a Seyfert 2 type SBbc-r galaxy with
a mag. 13 surface brightness, distance is 60 Mly.