NGC 5002

NGC 5002 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy^[3] in Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1865.^[4] It is also known as MCG 6-29-51, PGC 45728, UGC 8254.^[3]

NGC 5002
SDSS image of NGC 5002
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	13h 10m 38.185s[1]
Declination	+36° 38′ 03.19″[1]
Redshift	0.003639[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1091[2]
Distance	39.8 Mly (12.20 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.7[3]
Characteristics
Type	SBm[3]
Size	19,700 ly (6,030 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.7′ × 1.0′[4]
Other designations
UGC 8254, MGC+06-29-051, PGC 45728[3]

It has an apparent size of 1.7 by 1.0 arcmin.^[4]

One supernova, SN 2020qxp (type Ia, mag. 16.8), was discovered in NGC 5002 on 8 August, 2020.^[5]