Previous measurements showed that the galaxy was about 12.2 Mly away, but this was proved to be wrong.

[3] NGC 247 is a member of the Sculptor Group, and is 70 000 light years in diameter.

[4] NGC 247 has an unusually large void on one side of its spiral disk.

These galaxies form a small core in the center of the Sculptor Group, which is one of the nearest groups of galaxies to the Milky Way.

[6] Most other galaxies associated with the Sculptor Group are only weakly gravitationally bound to this core.