NGC 5247
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NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60[1] 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.[2] This is a grand design spiral galaxy that displays no indications of distortion caused by interaction with other galaxies.[3] It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping halfway around the nucleus.[4] The disk is estimated to be Script error: No such module "convert". in thickness and it is inclined by roughly 28° to the line of sight.[3]
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.[5]
- SN 2016C (type IIP, mag. 15.7) was discovered by Masakatsu Aoki on 3 January 2016.[6]
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