Right ascension 13 38 03.040 Redshift 0.004520 Distance 60.34 Mly
(18.50 Mpc) Magnitude 10.5 Apparent magnitude (V) 10.5 | Declination –17° 53′ 02.50″ Helio radial velocity +1,357 km/s Type SA(s)bc Constellation Virgo | |
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Similar NGC 5068, NGC 5170, NGC 5364, NGC 5300, NGC 5229 | ||
NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It most likely belongs to the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies; the same supercluster that hosts the Milky Way galaxy. This is a grand design spiral galaxy that displays no indications of distortion caused by interaction with other galaxies. It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping half way around the nucleus. 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.
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