Forms a close pair (VV 348) with much fainter MCG +02-04-004 1.1' SE, though the companion (faint, very small, round, 10" diameter) is apparently in the background at 800 million l.y. UGC 719 is just 2.1' NE, completing a nice compact triplet (no designation). A mag 12 star lies 2.3' WSW. The distance of this galaxy and UGC 719 is ~500 million light years.

600/800mm - 24" (10/5/13): UGC 717 = Arp 11 (category "Spiral Galaxies: split arm") is the brightest in a small triplet. At 375x it appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 35", even surface brightness. This description appears to apply to the core region and the low surface brightness arms were not noticed.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb