NGC 5010

NGC 5010 is a lenticular galaxy located about 140 million light years away, in the constellation Virgo.[2] It is considered a LIRG (Luminous Infrared Galaxy).[1] As the galaxy has few young blue stars and mostly red old stars and dust, it is transitioning from being a spiral galaxy to being an elliptical galaxy, with its spiral arms having burned out and become dusty arms.[2]

NGC 5010
NGC 5010 by HST, 0.9 view
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
ConstellationVirgo [2]
Right ascension 13h 12m 26.3s[1]
Declination−15° 47 52[1]
Redshift0.021581 [3]
2975 ± 27 km/s[1]
Distance140 Mly [2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0+ pec sp[1]
Apparent size (V)1.3 × 0.6[1]
Other designations
NGC 5010,[3] PGC 45868[1]

See also

References

  1. "Results for NGC 5010". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. "Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy". Science Daily. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. "NGC 5010 -- Galaxy in Group of Galaxies". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
NGC 5010 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

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