NGC 5002

NGC 5002
SDSS image of NGC 5002
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	13^h 10^m 38.185^s[1]
Declination	+36° 38′ 03.19″[1]
Redshift	0.003639[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1091[2]
Distance	39.8 Mly (12.20 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.7[3]
Characteristics
Type	SBm[3]
Size	19,700 ly (6,030 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.7′ × 1.0′[4]
Other designations
UGC 8254, MGC+06-29-051, PGC 45728[3]

NGC 5002 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy^[3] in Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1865.^[4] It is also known as MCG 6-29-51, PGC 45728, UGC 8254.^[3]

It has an apparent size of 1.7 by 1.0 arcmin.^[4]

One supernova, SN 2020qxp (type Ia, mag. 16.8), was discovered in NGC 5002 on 8 August, 2020.^[5]

References

1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
2. "NED results for object NGC 0162". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
3. "NGC 5002". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
4. Courtney Seligman. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
5. Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020qxp. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

External links

• Media related to NGC 5002 at Wikimedia Commons