NGC 5001
| Galaxy NGC 5001 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 09 m 33.1 s |
| declination | + 53 ° 29 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB / VLIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030311 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 9087 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.8 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5001 • UGC 8243 • PGC 45631 • CGCG 271-020 • MCG + 09-22-022 • IRAS 13074 + 5345 • 2MASX J13093325 + 5329391 • GC 3434 • h 1545 • NVSS J130933 + 532939 • LDCE 942 NED004 | |
NGC 5001 is a 13.8 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SB in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 410 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4967 , NGC 4974 , IC 847 , IC 853 .
The object was discovered on May 1, 1831 by John Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 5001. SIMBAD , accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5001. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5001. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .