Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.
| Object Type | Galaxy Sc |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Magnitude | 9.1 |
| Size | 24.0' x 6.0' |
Number 9 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 247. NGC 247 is a moderately large but rather faint spiral galaxy in Cetus. It is a member of the Sculptor group of galaxies, one of the nearer galaxy clusters to the Local Group.