NGC 5023
Galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici
title: "NGC 5023" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spiral-galaxies", "canes-venatici", "m51-group", "ngc-objects", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects", "ugc-objects"] description: "Galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5023" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Galaxy"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | NGC 5023 |
| image | A galaxy on the edge.jpg |
| image_size | 250px |
| caption | NGC 5023 by GALEX sky survey |
| epoch | J2000 |
| constellation name | Canes Venatici |
| ra | |
| dec | |
| z | +407/+476 km/s |
| dist_ly | 5.4 / 8 Mpc |
| (17.6 / 26.1 million ly) | |
| type | Scd |
| appmag_v | 12.82 |
| size_v | 6.1′ × 0.8' |
| names | UGC 8286, PGC 45849, FGC 1578 |
| :: |
| name = NGC 5023 | image = A galaxy on the edge.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = NGC 5023 by GALEX sky survey | epoch = J2000 | constellation name = Canes Venatici | ra = | dec = | z = +407/+476 km/s | dist_ly = 5.4 / 8 Mpc (17.6 / 26.1 million ly) | type = Scd | appmag_v = 12.82 | size_v = 6.1′ × 0.8' | notes = | names = UGC 8286, PGC 45849, FGC 1578 NGC 5023 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is considered a member of the M51 Group although it is actually relatively isolated from other galaxies. It is approximately 15 kiloparsecs (49,000 light-years) across and contains more than 200 stars with an apparent magnitude of greater than 23.5.
References
References
- M. E. Sharina. (1999). "Distances to Eight Nearby Isolated Low-Luminosity Galaxies". Astronomy Letters.
- E. Florido. (1991). "Corrugations in the discs of spiral galaxies NGC 4244 and 5023". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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