NGC 5247
NGC 5247 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy located some 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. This is a grand design spiral galaxy that displays no indications of distortion caused by interaction with other galaxies. It has two spiral arms that bifurcate after wrapping halfway around the nucleus. The disk is estimated to be in thickness and it is inclined by roughly 28° to the line of sight.
Supernovae
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 5247:- PSN J13375721-1754272 was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 24 July 2012.
- SN 2016C was discovered by Masakatsu Aoki on 3 January 2016.