{{Sky|14|22|53.20|+|40|18|34.0}} {{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Boötes}} {{Infobox galaxy|name=[[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5601|image=NGC5601 - SDSS DR14.jpg|caption=A [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] (SDSS) image of NGC 5601|epoch=[[Epoch (astronomy)#Julian years and J2000|J2000]]|constellation name=[[Boötes (constellation)|Boötes]]|ra={{RA|14|22|53.20}}<ref name=":0" />|dec={{DEC|+40|18|34.0}}<ref name=":0" />|z=0.017487 ± 8.86e-6<ref name=":0" />|dist_ly=259 [[light-year|Mly]] (79.68 M[[Parsec|pc]])<ref name=":0" />|appmag_v=14.7<ref name=":1" />|type=Sa<ref name=":0" />|size=88,000 ly<ref name=":0" />|size_v=0.813′ x 0.316′<ref name=":1" />|notes=N/A|names=2MASX J14225329+4018344,<ref name=":0" /> PGC 51370,<ref name=":0" /> MCG+07-30-006,<ref name=":0" /> LEDA 51370<ref name=":0" />}}
'''NGC 5601''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] around 259 million [[Light-year|light-years]] away in the [[Boötes|constellation Boötes]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=By Name {{!}} NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=ngc+5601&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NGC 5601 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes {{!}} TheSkyLive.com |url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc5601-object |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=theskylive.com}}</ref> NGC 5601 was discovered on March 27th, 1867 by the Irish astronomer [[Robert Stawell Ball|Robert Ball]], and it has a diameter around 88,000 light-years.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5600 - 5649 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc56.htm |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=NGC 5601 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP |url=https://www.wikisky.org/starview?object=NGC+5601&locale=PL |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.wikisky.org}}</ref> NGC 5601 is not known to have much [[star formation]], and it is not known to have an [[active galactic nucleus]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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{{Boötes}} {{NGC60}} [[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:NGC objects|5601]] [[Category:MCG objects|+07-30-006]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|51370]] {{lenticular-galaxy-stub}}