| NGC 5500 | |
|---|---|
 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]
