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NGC247 image

NGC247


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Description

30 x 5 minutes, half size. Although outside the local group, NGC 247 is one of the closer galaxies to us. Note the irregular dark patch on the left side of the galaxy. NGC 247 is about the same angular size as its better known neighbor, NGC 253 but much fainter.