NGC 5000 explained

NGC 5000
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Coma Berenices
Type:	SBbc
Names:	CGCG 160-152, IRAS 13073+2910, MCG 5-31-144, PGC 45658, UGC 8241, V V 460.

NGC 5000 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[1] It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. It is also known as LEDA 45658, MCG+05-31-144, UGC 8241, VV 460, III 366, h 1544, and GC 3433.

Herschel discovered it with the help of 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope.^[2] It is very faint, very small and irregularly round with weak concentration.^[3]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5000: SN 2003el (type Ic, mag. 18.8).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rojas . Sebastián García . Galaxy NGC 5000 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation . 2022-10-28 . Telescopius . en.
2. Web site: DOCdb - NGC 5000 . 2022-10-28 . www.docdb.net.
3. Web site: NGC 5000 - NGC/IC Project . 2017-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115035321/http://ngcicproject.org/ . 2013-01-15 . dead .
4. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2003el Transient Name Server entry for SN 2003el.