NGC 5500 | |
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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 M
ly (27.6 ± 1.9 M pc) [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]
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]
NGC 5500 | |
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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 M
ly (27.6 ± 1.9 M pc) [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]
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]