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 (TypeII-P, mag. 17.049) was discovered by ATLAS on 8 December 2023.
See also List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
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