NGC 5247

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 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.[4] It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping halfway around the nucleus.[5] 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.[4]

NGC 5247 in ultraviolet by GALEX

References

Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5247. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
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, arXiv:astro-ph/0610732, Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C, doi:10.1086/510201.
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, arXiv:1209.2879, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427.1983K, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22031.x.
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.

External links

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[ApJ131_1163-1] Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.

[ned-2] "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5247. Retrieved 2007-04-03.

[Crook2007-3] 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, arXiv:astro-ph/0610732, Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C, doi:10.1086/510201.

[Khoperskov2012-4] 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, arXiv:1209.2879, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427.1983K, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22031.x.

[Patsis1997-5] 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.