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{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5010
| image = Potw1245a.tif
| image_size = 280px
|caption = NGC 5010 by [[Hubble Space Telescope|HST]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]<ref name="ned" />
| type = S0<sup>+</sup> pec sp<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  |publisher= NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  |title= Results for NGC 5010
  |url= http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5010&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES
  |access-date= 2012-11-11 
  }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|13|12|26.3}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|-15|47|52}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 140 Mly<ref name=SciDly-2012-11-09/>
| z = 0.021581 <ref name=simbad>{{cite web
  |publisher= [[SIMBAD Astronomical Database]]
  |title= NGC 5010 – Galaxy in Group of Galaxies
  |url= http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5010&submit=SIMBAD+search
  |access-date= 2012-11-11 
  }}</ref><br/> 2975 ± 27 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 14<ref name="ned" />
| size_v =  1.3{{prime}} × 0.6{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]<ref name=SciDly-2012-11-09/>
| notes = 
| names = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5010,<ref name=simbad/> [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 45868<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 5010''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] located about 140 million light years away in the [[constellation]] [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]].<ref name=SciDly-2012-11-09>{{cite web 
  |publisher= [[Science Daily]] 
  |url= https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109190237.htm 
  |title= Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy 
  |date= 9 November 2012 |access-date= 2012-11-11 
  }}</ref> It was discovered by [[John Herschel]] on May 9, 1831.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc50.htm#5010|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000–5049|last=Seligman|first=Courtney|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2022-12-23}}</ref> It is considered a [[Luminous Infrared Galaxy]] (LIRG).<ref name="ned"/> 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.<ref name=SciDly-2012-11-09/> From the perspective of Earth, the galaxy is facing nearly edge-on.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/ngc5010.html|title=Hubble Spots a Colorful Lenticular Galaxy|author=ESA/Hubble & NASA|date=2012-11-09|website=NASA.gov|language=en|access-date=2022-12-23}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[NGC 4261]] – a similar elliptical galaxy

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Lenticular galaxies]]
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[[Category:NGC objects|5010]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|45868]]

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