Multiple identities
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A year ago Turelli commented this is NGC 1719 (NED). On SIMBAD it says NGC 1717.
To make things even worse, this page http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc17.htm says: NGC 1717 is NGC 1709. And it looks different from our galaxy here.
NGC 1719 - discovered by William Herschell
NGC 1717 - discovered by George Stoney and R.J. Mitchell
I think SIMBAD is wrong, and the real id should be NGC 1719.
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