NGC 5442

NGC5442 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on 11 January 1865.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 5442:SN2001U was discovered by LOTOSS on 3 February 2001.SN2011bz was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 24 April 2011.SN2024jrx was discovered by Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events on 27 May 2024.