NGC 5500
| NGC 5500 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5500 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 10m 15s[1] |
| Declination | +48° 32′ 46″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00637[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1904 km/s[1] |
| Galactocentric velocity | 2014 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 90 ± 6 Mly (27.6 ± 1.9 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.0[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -18.2[nb 1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
