{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Centaurus}} {{Infobox galaxy | name = NGC 5026 | image = File:NGC 5026 legacy dr10.jpg | caption =[[Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument#DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys|legacy surveys]] image of NGC 5026 | epoch = [[J2000]] | constellation name = [[Centaurus]] | ra = {{RA|13|14|13.656}}<ref name=2MASS>{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}</ref> | dec = {{DEC|-42|57|40.45}}<ref name=2MASS/> | z = 0.011838<ref name=ned>{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5026&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 5026|publisher=[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] / [[Infrared Processing and Analysis Center]]|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> | h_radial_v = 3549 km/s<ref name=ned/> | dist_ly = {{cvt|40.03|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=6dF>{{cite journal|bibcode=2014MNRAS.445.2677S|title=The 6dF Galaxy Survey: peculiar velocity field and cosmography|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=445|issue=3|pages=2677|doi=10.1093/mnras/stu1743|arxiv=1409.6161|year=2014|last1=Springob|first1=Christopher M|last2=Magoulas|first2=Christina|last3=Colless|first3=Matthew|last4=Mould|first4=Jeremy|last5=Erdoğdu|first5=Pirin|last6=Jones|first6=D. Heath|last7=Lucey|first7=John R|last8=Campbell|first8=Lachlan|last9=Fluke|first9=Christopher J|doi-access=free }}</ref> | group_cluster = | type = (R')SB0/a(rs)<ref name=ned/> | size = {{cvt|30440|pc|ly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/><ref group=note name=A/> | appmag_v = 13.42<ref name=SIMBAD/> | appmag_b = 12.48<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 5026|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> | absmag_v = | size_v = 2.450{{prime}} × 1.666{{prime}}<ref name=2MASS/><ref group=note name=A>2MASS K<sub>s</sub> values used.</ref> | notes = | names = [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MGC]]-07-27-048, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 46023<ref name=SIMBAD/> }}
'''NGC 5026''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] or [[lenticular galaxy]] in the constellation of [[Centaurus]].<ref name=ned/> It was discovered on 5 June 1834 by [[John Herschel]].<ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc50.htm#5026|website=cseligman.com|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> It was described as "pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle" by [[John Louis Emil Dreyer]], the compiler of the [[New General Catalogue]].<ref name=cseligman/>
==Supernova== One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 5026: '''SN 2009ev''' ([[type Ia supernova|Type{{nbsp}}Ia]], mag. 14.6) was discovered by C. Jacques, C. Colesanti, E. Pimentel, and T. Napoleao on 27 May 2009.{{r|CBET1814|TNS-2009ev}}
== References == <references>
<ref name=CBET1814>{{cite journal |last1=Jacques |first1=C. |last2=Colesanti |first2=C. |last3=Pimentel |first3=E. |last4=Napoleao |first4=T. |title=Supernova 2009ev in NGC 5026 |journal=Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams |date=2009 |issue=1814 |page=1 |bibcode=2009CBET.1814....1J | url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/cbet/001800/CBET001814.txt}}</ref>
<ref name=TNS-2009ev>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN 2009ev | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2009ev | publisher = [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] | access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref>
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== Notes == {{reflist|group=note}}
{{NGC objects:5001-6000}} {{Centaurus}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5026}} [[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:Centaurus]] [[Category:NGC objects|5026]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|046023]] [[Category:Discoveries by John Herschel]]
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