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 in ultraviolet by GALEX
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