NGC 5056


NGC5056 is a 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, 39 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 March 1785.
NGC5056 is listed as having an active galactic nucleus.
According to Abraham Mahtessian, NGC 5056 and NGC 5065 form a pair of galaxies, known as 192.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5056:SN2005au was discovered by British amateur astronomer Ron Arbour on 19 March 2005.