Astronomy:NGC 5500

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Boötes
NGC 5500
NGC5500 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 5500
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension 14h 10m 15s[1]
Declination+48° 32′ 46″[1]
Redshift0.00637[1]
Helio radial velocity1904 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity2014 km/s[2]
Distance90 ± 6 Mly
(27.6 ± 1.9 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.0[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)-18.2[nb 1]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Apparent size (V)1.1' x 0.9'[2]
Other designations
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 inside the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "considerably faint, considerably small, irregularly round"[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated from Galactocentric GSR Distance modulus[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "NGC 5500". SIMBAD. http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+5500&submit=submit+id. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Results for object NGC 5500". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=37132&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 5500 (= PGC 50588)". Seligman website. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55.htm. 
  4. ↑ "NGC 5500". Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database. http://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=ngc_5500. 

Coordinates: Sky map 14h 10m 15s, +48° 32′ 46″



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