NGC 5001 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is designated as SB in the galaxy morphological classification scheme. It was discovered by John Herschel on 1 May 1831. It is at a distance of 130 million parsecs from the Earth.[1][3]
| NGC 5001 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5001 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 13h 09m 33.1s[1] |
| Declination | +53° 29′ 39″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.030311±0.000113[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 9087±34 km/s[1] |
| Galactocentric velocity | 9184±34 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.829 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -22.74 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBb[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.3′ × 0.4′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8243, MCG 9-22-22, ZWG 271.20, PGC 45631 and IRAS 13074+5345 | |
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/ | |
See also
References
External links
Media related to NGC 5001 at Wikimedia Commons
