NGC 5630 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Boötes. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2826 ± 11 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 41.68 ± 2.92 Mpc (~136 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 9 April 1787.
NGC 5630 is listed as a field galaxy, i.e. one does not belong to a larger galaxy group or cluster and hence is gravitationally alone.
Supernovae
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 5630:
- SN 2005dp (type II, mag. 16) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 27 August 2005.
- SN 2006am (type IIn, mag. 18.5) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 22 February 2006.
- SN 2023zdx (Type II-P, mag. 17) was discovered by ATLAS on 8 December 2023.
See also
- List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
References
External links
- Media related to NGC 5630 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 5630 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
