NGC 5501

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NGC 5501
NGC5501 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 5501
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 14h 12m 20.2s [1]
Declination +1° 16′ 21.1″ [1]
Redshift 0.02517 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7451 km/s [1]
Galactocentric velocity7521 km/s [2]
Distance 336 ± 23.5 Mly
(103 ± 7.2 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.9 [2]
Absolute magnitude  (V)-20.2 [nb 1]
Characteristics
Type (R')SA(r)0+? [2]
Apparent size  (V)0.78' x 0.62' [2]
Other designations
MCG +00-36-027, PGC 50724 [1] [3]

NGC 5501 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo, [3] [4] registered in New General Catalogue (NGC). [1]

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Observation history

NGC 5501 was discovered by John Herschel on 13 April 1828. John Louis Emil Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "very faint, small, partially resolved, some stars seen". [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated from Galactocentric GSR Distance modulus [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NGC 5501". SIMBAD. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Results for object NGC 5501". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 5501 (= PGC 50724)". Seligman website. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "NGC 5501". Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2022.


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