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

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