NGC 5003
Appearance
NGC5003 | |
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Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
Constellation | Canes Venatici |
Right ascension | 13h08m37s[1] |
Declination | 43° 44′ 13″[1] |
Redshift | 0.0356[1] |
Distance | 490Mly[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sa[1] |
Apparent size(V) | 1′ × 48′[1] |
Other designations | |
CGCG 217-13, MCG 7-27-33, PGC 45559, and UGC 8228.[2] |
NGC 5003is aspiral galaxyin theconstellationCanes Venatici.[1]The celestial object was discovered on April 9, 1787, by the German-British astronomerWilliam Herschel.
References
[edit]- ^abcdefgGalaxy NGC 5003 - Deep Sky Objects Browser.Retrieved March 7, 2017
- ^"NGC 5003".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved2020-02-04.