NGC 5247 | |
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![]() Image of NGC 5247 made in infrared light with the HAWK-I camera on
ESO's
Very Large Telescope at
Paranal Observatory. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Virgo |
Right ascension | 13h 38m 03.040s [1] |
Declination | –17° 53′ 02.50″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.004520 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | +1,357 [3] km/s |
Distance | 60.34
Mly (18.50 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.5 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)bc [2] |
Apparent size (V) | 5′.6 × 4′.9 [2] |
Other designations | |
UGCA 368, [2] PGC 48171 [2] |
NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60 [3] million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. [4] This is a grand design spiral galaxy that displays no indications of distortion caused by interaction with other galaxies. [5] It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping halfway around the nucleus. [6] The disk is estimated to be 4.9 ± 2.0 kly (1.5 ± 0.6 kpc) in thickness and it is inclined by roughly 28° to the line of sight. [5]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5247: SN 2016C ( type IIP, mag. 15.7). [7]
NGC 5247 | |
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![]() Image of NGC 5247 made in infrared light with the HAWK-I camera on
ESO's
Very Large Telescope at
Paranal Observatory. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Virgo |
Right ascension | 13h 38m 03.040s [1] |
Declination | –17° 53′ 02.50″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.004520 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | +1,357 [3] km/s |
Distance | 60.34
Mly (18.50 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.5 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)bc [2] |
Apparent size (V) | 5′.6 × 4′.9 [2] |
Other designations | |
UGCA 368, [2] PGC 48171 [2] |
NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60 [3] million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. [4] This is a grand design spiral galaxy that displays no indications of distortion caused by interaction with other galaxies. [5] It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping halfway around the nucleus. [6] The disk is estimated to be 4.9 ± 2.0 kly (1.5 ± 0.6 kpc) in thickness and it is inclined by roughly 28° to the line of sight. [5]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5247: SN 2016C ( type IIP, mag. 15.7). [7]