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Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 5010 is a lenticular galaxy located about 140 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.[2] It was discovered by John Herschel on May 9, 1831.[4] It is considered a Luminous Infrared Galaxy (LIRG).[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] From the perspective of Earth, the galaxy is facing nearly edge-on.[5]
NGC 5010 | |
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Observation data (J2000[1] epoch) | |
Constellation | Virgo[2] |
Right ascension | 13h 12m 26.3s[1] |
Declination | −15° 47′ 52″[1] |
Redshift | 0.021581 [3] 2975 ± 27 km/s[1] |
Distance | 140 Mly[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0+ pec sp[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.3′ × 0.6′[1] |
Other designations | |
NGC 5010,[3] PGC 45868[1] |
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