Galaxy in the constellation of Boötes
| NGC 5500 |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) |
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| Constellation | Boötes |
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| Right ascension | 14h 10m 15s[1] |
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| Declination | +48° 32′ 46″[1] |
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| Redshift | 0.00637[1] |
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| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1904 km/s[1] |
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| Galactocentric velocity | 2014 km/s[2] |
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| Distance | 90 ± 6 Mly
(27.6 ± 1.9 Mpc)[2] |
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| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.0[2] |
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| Absolute magnitude (V) | -18.2[nb 1] |
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| Characteristics |
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| Type | E[2] |
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| Apparent size (V) | 1.1' x 0.9'[2] |
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| Other designations |
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| UGC 9070, MCG +08-26-008, PGC 50588[1][3] |
NGC 5500 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Boötes,[3] registered in New General Catalogue (NGC).[1]
Observation history
NGC 5500 was discovered by William Herschel on 12 May 1787. John Louis Emil Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "considerably faint, considerably small, irregularly round".[3][4]
Notes
- ^ Calculated from Galactocentric GSR Distance modulus[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "NGC 5500". SIMBAD. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 5500". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 5500 (= PGC 50588)". Seligman website. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "NGC 5500". Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
| NGC | |
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| PGC | - PGC 50584
- PGC 50585
- PGC 50586
- PGC 50587
- PGC 50588
- PGC 50589
- PGC 50590
- PGC 50591
- PGC 50592
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| UGC | - UGC 9066
- UGC 9067
- UGC 9068
- UGC 9069
- UGC 9070
- UGC 9071
- UGC 9072
- UGC 9073
- UGC 9074
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