NGC 5012


NGC 5012 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. However, 17 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 10 April 1785.
NGC 5012 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.

NGC 5012 group

NGC 5012 is the largest and brightest member of a trio of galaxies. The other two galaxies in the NGC 5012 group are NGC 5016 and NGC 5012A.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 5012:SN 1997eg was discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Masakatsu Aoki on 4 December 1997.SN 2020kyg was discovered by ATLAS on 24 May 2020.