[back] NGC 5247 in Virgo [NED]
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Type: SBbc, distance ~ 13Mpc/44MLy |
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60" |
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| CCD: | ST10 XME |
| Image Type, Orientation: | LRGB Composite, North is at 11:00h |
| Exposure time: | L: 6x600 sec. 1x1 bin, R: 3x600 sec. , G: 6x600 sec. , B: 4x600 sec. 2x2 bin |
| Exposure date: | May 10th, 2004 |
| Location: | Capella Observatory at Amani Lodge, Kupferberg near Windhoek, Namibia |
| Filter: | FR03 + Astronomik Typ II LRGB filters |
| Instrument: | Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus, f=4800 mm |
| Image seeing (FWHM): | 1.8" |
| Photographer: | Rainer Sparenberg, Stefan Binnewies, Volker Robering |
| Remarks: |
NGC 5247 has
the typical spiral structure of the grand design type-galaxies (like NGC
2997). The largest HII-regions have diameters of about 4“. |
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| Bemerkungen: |
Bei NGC 5247 fallen zwei helle
Spiralarme auf, die klassische Konfiguration des „Grand Design Typs“ (wie
z.B. auch NGC 2997).
Die größten HII-Regionen in den Spiralarmen haben einen Durchmesser von 4“. |
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