NGC247, Eye of the Needle Galaxy in LHa,RHa,G,B (TWFowler)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Cetus (Cet) · Contains: NGC 247 · PGC 2683 · PGC 2791 · PGC 2794 · PGC 2795 · PGC 2796 · PGC 2798 · PGC 3080228 · PGC 3094309 · PGC 830608 · PGC 830933 · PGC 831066 · PGC 832996 · PGC 833517 · PGC 833650 · PGC 834518 · PGC 834562 · PGC 834737 · PGC 834794 · PGC 835127 · PGC 835641 · PGC 836400 · PGC 837376 · PGC 837736 · PGC 837923 · PGC 838171 · PGC 840323 · PGC 840808 · PGC 841088 · PGC 842014 · And 15 more.

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NGC247, Eye of the Needle Galaxy in LHa,RHa,G,B

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NGC247, Eye of the Needle Galaxy in LHa,RHa,G,B

NGC247 (or C62) is a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Cetus, about 11 million light years from us. It is part of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, strongly gravitationally bound with NGC253.

NGC247 has an apparent void in the northern segment of its spiral disk. Although the void does contain stars, they are significantly older and fainter than those in the surrounding galaxy. Star formation in this region apparently ceased more than 1 billion years ago.

The string of small background galaxies to the north east (upper right) of NGC247 are 355 million light years away.

North is to the right, East up.

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RA (center)	00h47m00s.78
RA (top/left)	00h49m03s.93
RA (top/right)	00h48m58s.16
RA (bottom/right)	00h44m58s.59
RA (bottom/left)	00h45m02s.39

Dec (center)	-20°39′43″.5
Dec (top/left)	-21°16′45″.9
Dec (top/right)	-20°01′44″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-20°02′36″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	-21°17′37″.8

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