NGC 247
NGC 247
NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. At magnitude 9.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
9.2
apparent magnitude
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Recession velocity from RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, via NASA/HEASARC, public domain). No reliable distance is available, so none is shown.