Astronomy:NGC 5247
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 5247 | |
|---|---|
 Image of NGC 5247 made in infrared light with the HAWK-I camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 13h 38m 03.040s[1] |
| Declination | –17° 53′ 02.50″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004520[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | +1,357[3] km/s |
| Distance | 60.34 Mly (18.50 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.5[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)bc[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 5′.6 × 4′.9[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGCA 368,[2] PGC 48171[2] | |
NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60[3] 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.[4] This is a grand design spiral galaxy that displays no indications of distortion caused by interaction with other galaxies.[5] It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping halfway around the nucleus.[6] 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.[5]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5247: SN 2016C (type IIP, mag. 15.7).[7]
NGC 5247 in ultraviolet by GALEX
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5247. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5247&img_stamp=yes&extend=no.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Crook, Aidan C. et al. (February 2007), "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey", The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813, doi:10.1086/510201, Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Khoperskov, S. A. et al. (December 2012), "Global gravitationally organized spiral waves and the structure of NGC 5247", The Astrophysical Journal 427 (3): 1983–1993, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22031.x, Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427.1983K.
- ↑ Patsis, P. A. et al. (July 1997), "Interarm features in gaseous models of spiral galaxies", Astronomy and Astrophysics 323: 762–774, Bibcode: 1997A&A...323..762P.
- ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2016C. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
External links
- NGC 5247 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
Coordinates: 
13h 38m 03s, −17° 53′ 03″
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