NGC 4247
| Galaxy NGC 4247 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 17 m 58.1 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 16 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (s) ab pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo pile |
| Redshift | 0.012802 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3838 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(168 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.5 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Searle |
| Discovery date | February 25, 1868 |
| Catalog names | |
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NGC 4247 • PGC 39480 • CGCG 041-071 • MCG + 01-31-042 • IRAS 12153 + 0733 • 2MASX J12175805 + 0716261 • AGC 220308 • HOLM 359C • LDCE 886 NED001
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NGC 4247 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab / P in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 168 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 265 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster . Together with NGC 4235 and NGC 4246 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 359 .
The galaxies NGC 4223 , NGC 4224 , NGC 4233 , NGC 4241 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by George Searle on February 25, 1868 .