Caldwell 29, also known as NGC 5005, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, discovered by William Herschel in 1785. It lies roughly 65 million light-years from Earth and shows a bright, dust-mottled nucleus surrounded by tightly wound spiral arms.
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Classification
Constellation CatalogueNew General Catalogue (NGC) 1 Discovery Year In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Constellation: Canes Venatici
- Catalogue: New General Catalogue (NGC)
2. Wikidata: Caldwell 29
Wikidata Q745018, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. NGC 5005 (Wikipedia)
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visible to amateur astronomers using large amateur telescopes
NGC 5005, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
NGC 5005, also known as Caldwell 29, is an inclined spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Caldwell 29, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
NGC 5005, also known as Caldwell 29, is an inclined spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici.
- In Group: Spiral Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: SAB(rs)bc (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Spiral Galaxies
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