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Spiral galaxy NGC 247 in Cetus

author: J.Lodriguss/Novapix

reference: a-gax02-47001

Image Size 300 DPI: 22 * 15 cm

It has a slightly irregular shape on one end where the spiral arm has a hollowed out appearance on long-exposure photographs. It is located about 5 degrees north of its famous neighbor in Sculptor, Galaxy NGC 253. It is about the same size as NGC 253, but two magnitudes fainter. Both galaxies are fairly close to us at 8-12 million light years.

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130 ASTROPHYSICS - 1994 - ASTRONOMY - CETUS - GALAXY - NGC 247 - REFRACTING TELESCOPE - REFRACTOR - Sc - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR -