Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  NGC 247
NGC 247, Giuseppe Donatiello
NGC 247
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NGC 247

NGC 247, Giuseppe Donatiello
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NGC 247

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NGC 247

Credit: DECaLS DR8, Giuseppe Donatiello

NGC 247 ( also PGC 2758) is a dwarf spiral galaxy at 3.3 Mpc (11.1 Mly) in Cetus. It is a member of the Sculptor Group, the nearest groups of galaxies to the Milky Way, and it has got 70 000 light years in diameter.

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Data from DECam Legacy Survey (g,r,z filters) obtained at the Blanco Telescope, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, NSF’s NOIRLab.

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NGC 247, Giuseppe Donatiello

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