NGC 5247

NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60 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. 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 halfway 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.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 5247:

• PSN J13375721-1754272 (type II-P, mag. 15.6) was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 24 July 2012.
• SN 2016C (type IIP, mag. 15.7) was discovered by Masakatsu Aoki on 3 January 2016.

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 5247 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 5247 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images