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)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension13h 09m 33.1s[1]
Declination+53° 29′ 39″[1]
Redshift0.030311±0.000113[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity9087±34 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity9184±34 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.829
Absolute magnitude (V)-22.74
Characteristics
TypeSBb[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/

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Object No. 1 - NGC 5001". NASA/IPAC extragalactic database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Search specification: NGC 5001". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  3. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5001". Seds. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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