NGC 5248
NGC 5248 imaged with a 32-inch telescope
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	13h 37m 32.0s [1]
Declination	+08° 53′ 07″ [1]
Redshift	1151 ± 1 km/ s [1]
Distance	~ 59 Mly (~ 17.7 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.97 [1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(rs)bc [1]
Apparent size (V)	6.2′ × 4.5′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 08616, [1] PGC 048130, [1] Caldwell 45

NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) is a compact intermediate spiral galaxy about 59 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. It is a member of the NGC 5248 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. ^[2] Distance measurements to NGC 5248 vary from 41.4 million light-years (12.7 Mpc) to 74.0 million light-years (22.7 Mpc), averaging about 58.7 million light-years (17.7 Mpc). ^[1]

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  NGC 5248 by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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  Multi spectral image, Very Large Telescope

See also

• NGC 613

• NGC 1079
• NGC 4492
• NGC 1300

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 5248 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 5248 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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