{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation of Boötes}} {{Infobox galaxy | name = NGC 5500 | image = NGC5500 - SDSS DR14.jpg | caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 5500 | credit = | epoch = J2000 | constellation name = [[Boötes]] | ra = {{RA|14|10|15}}<ref name="SIMBAD"/> | dec = {{DEC|+48|32|46}}<ref name="SIMBAD"/> | z = 0.00637<ref name="SIMBAD"/> | h_radial_v = {{nowrap|1904 km/s}}<ref name="SIMBAD"/> | gal_v = {{nowrap|2014 km/s}}<ref name="NASA/IPAC">{{cite web |title=Results for object NGC 5500 |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=37132&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |publisher=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022102510/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=37132&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> | dist_ly = 90 ± 6 M[[light-year|ly]]<br/>{{nowrap|(27.6 ± 1.9 M[[parsec|pc]])}}<ref name="NASA/IPAC"/> | type = E<ref name="NASA/IPAC"/> | appmag_v = 14.0<ref name="NASA/IPAC"/> | absmag_v = -18.2{{refn|group=nb|Calculated from Galactocentric GSR Distance modulus<ref name="NASA/IPAC"/>}} | size_v = 1.1' x 0.9'<ref name="NASA/IPAC"/> | notes = | names = {{odlist|MCG=+08-26-008|PGC=50588|UGC=9070}}<ref name="SIMBAD"/><ref name="Seligman"/> }}
'''NGC 5500''' is an [[elliptical galaxy]] in the constellation of [[Boötes]],<ref name="Seligman"/> registered in [[New General Catalogue]] (NGC).<ref name="SIMBAD">{{cite web |title=NGC 5500|url=http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+5500&submit=submit+id |publisher=SIMBAD |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104065649/http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+5500&submit=submit+id |archive-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
==Observation history== NGC 5500 was discovered by [[William Herschel]] on 12 May 1787. [[John Louis Emil Dreyer]] in the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "considerably faint, considerably small, irregularly round".<ref name="Seligman">{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 5500 (= PGC 50588) |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55.htm|publisher=Seligman website |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="DOCdb">{{cite web |title=NGC 5500 |url=http://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=ngc_5500 |publisher=Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311085107/http://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=ngc_5500 |archive-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
==Notes== {{reflist|group=nb}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Catalogs|NGC=5500|UGC=9070|PGC=50588}} {{Sky|14|10|15|+|48|32|46}} {{Ngc60}} {{Boötes}}
[[Category:Galaxies discovered in 1787]] [[Category:NGC objects|5500]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1787]] [[Category:Elliptical galaxies]] [[Category:Boötes|NGC 5500]] [[Category:Discoveries by William Herschel]]