| NGC 5010 | |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Type: | S0+ pec sp[1] |
| Dist Ly: | 140 Mly |
| Z: | 0.021581 [2] 2975 ± 27 km/s |
| Appmag V: | 14 |
| Size V: | 1.3 × 0.6 |
| Constellation Name: | Virgo |
| Names: | NGC 5010, PGC 45868 |
NGC 5010 is a lenticular galaxy located about 140 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.[3] 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.[3] From the perspective of Earth, the galaxy is facing nearly edge-on.[5]