Astronomy:NGC 5010
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 5010 | |
|---|---|
| File:Potw1245a.tif NGC 5010 by HST | |
| Observation data (J2000[1] epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo[2] |
| Right ascension | 13h 12m 26.3s[1] |
| Declination | −15° 47′ 52″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.021581 [3] 2975 ± 27 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 140 Mly[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0+ pec sp[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.3′ × 0.6′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 5010,[3] PGC 45868[1] | |
NGC 5010 is a lenticular galaxy located about 140 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.[2] It was discovered by John Herschel on May 9, 1831.[4] It is considered a Luminous Infrared Galaxy (LIRG).[1] As the galaxy has few young blue stars and mostly red old stars and dust, it is transitioning from being a spiral galaxy to being an elliptical galaxy, with its spiral arms having burned out and become dusty arms.[2] From the perspective of Earth, the galaxy is facing nearly edge-on.[5]
See also
- NGC 4261 – a similar elliptical galaxy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Results for NGC 5010". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5010&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy". Science Daily. 9 November 2012. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109190237.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NGC 5010 -- Galaxy in Group of Galaxies". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5010&submit=SIMBAD+search.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc50.htm#5010.
- ↑ ESA/Hubble & NASA (2012-11-09). "Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy" (in en). https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/ngc5010.html.
External links
- NGC 5010 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
Coordinates: 
13h 12m 26.3s, −15° 47′ 52″
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