NGC 5247
| Galaxy NGC 5247 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 38 m 03.0 s |
| declination | -17 ° 53 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.3 ′ × 4.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo II group |
| Redshift | 0.004523 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (1355 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.2 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| diameter | 85,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 17, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5247 • UGC A 368 • PGC 48171 • ESO 577-G014 • MCG -03-35-011 • IRAS 13353-1737 • 2MASX J13380303-1753025 • GC 3614 • H II 297 • h 1649 • LDCE 0955 NED046 | |
NGC 5247 is a bar- type spiral galaxy SBbc and lies in the constellation Virgo . It is around 56 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 17, 1785 .