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]

See also

  • NGC 4261 – a similar elliptical galaxy

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Results for NGC 5010". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy". Science Daily. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. 1 2 "NGC 5010 – Galaxy in Group of Galaxies". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  4. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000–5049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  5. ↑ ESA/Hubble & NASA (2012-11-09). "Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy". NASA.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-23.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5010