Astronomy:NGC 5501
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 5501 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5501 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 14h 12m 20.2s[1] |
| Declination | +1° 16′ 21.1″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02517[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 7451 km/s[1] |
| Galactocentric velocity | 7521 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 336 ± 23.5 Mly (103 ± 7.2 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.9[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -20.2[nb 1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SA(r)0+?[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.78' x 0.62'[2] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+00-36-027, PGC 50724[1][3] | |
NGC 5501 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo,[3][4] registered in New General Catalogue (NGC).[1]
Observation history
NGC 5501 was discovered by John Herschel on 13 April 1828. John Louis Emil Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "very faint, small, partially resolved, some stars seen".[3]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "NGC 5501". SIMBAD. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%205501.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Results for object NGC 5501". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5501&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#ObjNo1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 5501 (= PGC 50724)". Seligman website. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55.htm.
- ↑ "NGC 5501". Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database. http://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=ngc_5501.
Coordinates: 
14h 12m 20.2s, +1° 16′ 21.1″
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