NGC 5500
SDSS image of NGC 5500
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension14h 10m 15s[1]
Declination+48° 32′ 46″[1]
Redshift0.00637[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity1904 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity2014 km/s[2]
Distance90 ± 6 Mly
(27.6 ± 1.9 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.0[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)-18.2[nb 1]
Characteristics
TypeE[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]

Observation history

NGC 5500 was discovered by William Herschel on 12 May 1787. John Louis Emil Dreyer inside the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "considerably faint, considerably small, irregularly round"[3][4]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "NGC 5500". SIMBAD. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 5500". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 5500 (= PGC 50588)". Seligman website. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ "NGC 5500". Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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