NGC Objects: NGC 5000

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(NGC 4950 - 4999) <— NGC Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049 —> (NGC 5050 - 5099)
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Page last updated Jul 26, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)

NGC 5000 (= PGC 45658)
Discovered (Apr 11, 1785) by William Herschel
A 13th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SB(rs)bc) in Coma Berenices (RA 13 09 47.5, Dec +28 54 24)

Based on a recessional velocity of 5610 km/sec, NGC 5000 is about 260 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 1.5 by 1.05 arcmins, it is about 115 thousand light years across.

Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of NGC 5000
(The galaxy to its left, PGC 214077, is nearly 100 million light years further away)
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on NGC 5000
SDSS image of region around NGC 5000

NGC 5001
Discovered (May 1, 1831) by John Herschel

NGC 5002
Discovered (Apr 27, 1865) by Heinrich d'Arrest

NGC 5003
Discovered (Apr 9, 1787) by William Herschel

NGC 5004
Discovered (Mar 13, 1785) by William Herschel

NGC 5005
Discovered (May 1, 1785) by William Herschel

NGC 5006
Discovered (Mar 31, 1881) by Wilhelm Tempel (V)

NGC 5007
Discovered (Mar 19, 1790) by William Herschel

NGC 5008 (= IC 4381)
Discovered (May 18, 1862) by Heinrich d'Arrest (and later listed as NGC 5008)
Discovered (Jun 15, 1895) by Stephane Javelle (and later listed as IC 4381)
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBc) in Boötes (RA 14 10 57.0, Dec +25 29 47)

NGC 5009
Discovered (Apr 26, 1789) by William Herschel

NGC 5010
Discovered (May 9, 1831) by John Herschel

NGC 5011
Discovered (Jun 3, 1834) by John Herschel

NGC 5012
Discovered (Apr 10, 1785) by William Herschel

NGC 5013
Discovered (Apr 30, 1864) by Albert Marth (248)

NGC 5014
Discovered (May 1, 1785) by William Herschel

The second IC adds "5015 is DeLisle Stewart's #372, RA 13 04 44, NPD 93 35, extremely faint, extremely small, considerably extended 55 degrees. Neither John nor William Herschel determined the RA accurately".

NGC 5015
Discovered (Mar 11, 1787) by William Herschel

NGC 5016
Discovered (Apr 10, 1785) by William Herschel

NGC 5017
Discovered (May 7, 1787) by William Herschel

NGC 5018
Discovered (Apr 8, 1788) by William Herschel

NGC 5019
Discovered (Apr 17, 1786) by William Herschel

NGC 5020
Discovered (Apr 12, 1784) by William Herschel

NGC 5021
Discovered (Apr 26, 1830) by John Herschel

NGC 5022
Discovered (Mar 31, 1881) by Wilhelm Tempel (V)

NGC 5023
Discovered (Apr 9, 1787) by William Herschel

NGC 5024 (= M53 = GCL 22)
Discovered (Feb 3, 1775) by Johann Bode
Observed (Feb 26, 1775) by Charles Messier and listed as M53
An 8th-magnitude globular cluster in Coma Berenices (RA 13 12 55.3, Dec +18 10 11)

One of the most distant clusters in our galaxy, being 60 thousand light years from us and the nucleus of the Milky Way

SDSS image of NGC 5024, also known as M53

Above, a 15 arcmin wide view of M53
Below, a 3.5 arcmin wide closeup of the core of the cluster (Image Credits: NASA, HST, Wikisky)
HST image of core of NGC 5024, also known as M53