Astronomy:NGC 5002
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici
| NGC 5002 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5002 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 13h 10m 38.185s[1] |
| Declination | +36° 38′ 03.19″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003639[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1091[2] |
| Distance | 39.8 Mly (12.20 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.7[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBm[3] |
| Size | 19,700 ly (6,030 pc)[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.7′ × 1.0′[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8254, MGC+06-29-051, PGC 45728[3] | |
NGC 5002 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy[3] in Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1865.[4] It is also known as MCG 6-29-51, PGC 45728, UGC 8254.[3]
It has an apparent size of 1.7 by 1.0 arcmin.[4]
One supernova, SN 2020qxp (type Ia, mag. 16.8), was discovered in NGC 5002 on 8 August, 2020.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NED results for object NGC 0162". NASA. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+162&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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "NGC 5002". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5002.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Courtney Seligman. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc50.htm#5002.
- ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020qxp. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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