NGC 5630


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. 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 was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 27 August 2005.SN 2006am was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search on 22 February 2006.SN 2023zdx was discovered by ATLAS on 8 December 2023.