Galaxy · Cetus

NGC 247

Also known as C 62 · ESO 540-022 · PGC 2758

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Cetus

Position (J2000)

0h 47m 09s · −20° 45′ 37″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1784

Pictures

1

Magnitude

9.21

visual

Size

19.7′ × 5.6′

Distance

~12,000,000 ly

Best months

Sep–Nov

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.