NGC 5009

{{Short description|Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici}} {{Infobox Galaxy |name=[[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5009 |image=NGC 5009 SDSS2.jpg |image_size=250px |caption=An image of NGC 5009 from the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] |epoch=[[J2000]] |type=G<ref name="ned">{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for NGC 5009 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | access-date=2025-10-09 }}</ref> |ra={{RA|13|10|47.0245}}<ref name="ned" /> |dec={{DEC|+50|05|34.367}}<ref name="ned" /> |dist_ly= |z=9388 ± 2 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" /> |appmag_v= |size_v= |constellation name=[[Canes Venatici (constellation)|Canes Venatici]] |notes= |names={{odlist| UGC 8258|name= CGCG 245-025 | CGCG 1308.6+5021 |MCG +08-24-061}}<ref name="ned" />}} {{Sky|13|20|24.9|-|20|36|40}}'''NGC 5009''' (also known as '''2MASX J13104698+5005301''', '''UGC 8258'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Astronomy |first=Go |title=Galaxy UGC 8258 {{!}} UGC galaxies |url=https://mail.go-astronomy.com/ugc-galaxy.php?UGC=8274 |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=Go-Astronomy.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and '''PGC 45739'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=CDS Portal |url=http://cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/?target=PGC%2045739 |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr}}</ref>)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NGC 5009 |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1116340 |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref> is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] located in the [[constellation]] [[Canes Venatici]].<ref name="theskylive.com">{{Cite web |title=NGC 5009 - Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici {{!}} TheSkyLive |url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc5009-object |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=theskylive.com}}</ref> It was discovered on 26 September 1900 by the American [[astronomer]] [[DeLisle Stewart]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Index Catalog Objects: IC 5000 - 5049 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic50.htm#ic5009 |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref> NGC 5009 is situated north of the [[celestial equator]] and, as such, it is more easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere. Given its [[Apparent magnitude|visual magnitude]] of 15.6, NGC 5009 is invisible to the [[naked eye]] and only visible [[Astrophotography|through long exposure photography]].<ref name="theskylive.com"/>

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* {{commons category-inline}} {{NGC objects:5001-6000}}{{Canes Venatici|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]