NGC 1247
| Galaxy NGC 1247 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 12 m 14.3 s |
| declination | -10 ° 28 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 84 |
| Redshift | 0.013149 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3942 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(174 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.4 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 10, 1798 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1247 • PGC 11931 • MCG -02-09-014 • IRAS 03098-1040 • 2MASX J03121431-1028520 • GC 660 • H II 900 • LDCE 0225 NED010 | |
NGC 1247 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 174 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 175,000 ly. Together with NGC 1241 , NGC 1242 , PGC 11824, and PGC 11937 , it forms the NGC 1241 group .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1238 and IC 1897 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 10, 1798 .
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