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NGC 5002
SDSS image of NGC 5002
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Canes Venatici
Right ascension13h 10m 38.185s [1]
Declination+36° 38′ 03.19″ [1]
Redshift0.003639 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1091 [2]
Distance39.8  Mly (12.20  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.7 [3]
Characteristics
TypeSBm [3]
Size19,700  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. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708. ISSN  0004-6256. S2CID  18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d "NED results for object NGC 0162". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "NGC 5002". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Courtney Seligman. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020qxp. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

External links

  • Media related to NGC 5002 at Wikimedia Commons


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