NGC 5010

NGC 5010 is a lenticular galaxy located about 140 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.^[2] It was discovered by John Herschel on May 9, 1831.^[4] It is considered a Luminous Infrared Galaxy (LIRG).^[1] As the galaxy has few young blue stars and mostly red old stars and dust, it is transitioning from being a spiral galaxy to being an elliptical galaxy, with its spiral arms having burned out and become dusty arms.^[2] From the perspective of Earth, the galaxy is facing nearly edge-on.^[5]

NGC 5010
NGC 5010 by HST
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
Constellation	Virgo[2]
Right ascension	13h 12m 26.3s[1]
Declination	−15° 47′ 52″[1]
Redshift	0.021581 [3] 2975 ± 27 km/s[1]
Distance	140 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0+ pec sp[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.3′ × 0.6′[1]
Other designations
NGC 5010,[3] PGC 45868[1]

See also

• NGC 4261 – a similar elliptical galaxy