Wallpaper author:
Marius Dinga
15 Nov 2025
NGC 247- Claw Galaxy
NGC 247 (a.k.a. Caldwell 62 and commonly known as the Claw Galaxy) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 11.1 Mly away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 247 is a member of the Sculptor Group, and is 70 000 light years in diameter. NGC 247 has an unusually large void on one side of its spiral disk. This void contains some older, redder stars but no younger, bluer stars.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 247
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 11.7856 Dec -20.7604
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................14 Aug 2020 - 19 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 639 | 5h30m | 31 |
| Red | 561 | 4h50m | 31 |
| Green | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| Blue | 620 | 5h10m | 30 |
| Halpha | 580 | 4h50m | 30 |