NGC 5500 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 5500 | |
Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
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 Mly (27.6 ± 1.9 Mpc)[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 anelliptical galaxy in the constellation ofBoötes,[3] registered inNew General Catalogue (NGC).[1]
NGC 5500 was discovered byWilliam 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]