NGC 5002
| NGC 5002 | |
|---|---|
 SDSSimage of NGC 5002 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 13h10m38.185s[1] |
| Declination | +36° 38′ 03.19″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003639[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1091[2] |
| Distance | 39.8Mly(12.20Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude(B) | 14.7[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBm[3] |
| Size | 19,700ly(6,030pc)[2] |
| Apparent size(V) | 1.7′× 1.0′[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC8254,MGC+06-29-051,PGC45728[3] | |
NGC 5002is aMagellanic spiral galaxy[3]inCanes Venatici.It was discovered byHeinrich d'Arrestin 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]
Onesupernova,SN 2020qxp (type Ia,mag. 16.8), was discovered in NGC 5002 on 8 August, 2020.[5]
References[edit]
- ^abSkrutskie, 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.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
- ^abcd"NED results for object NGC 0162".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.NASA.Retrieved13 February2017.
- ^abcde"NGC 5002".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved13 February2017.
- ^abcCourtney Seligman."New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049".Retrieved13 February2017.
- ^Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020qxp.Retrieved 24 March 2023.
External links[edit]
Media related toNGC 5002at Wikimedia Commons
