NGC 5002 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1865. It is also known as MCG 6-29-51, PGC 45728, UGC 8254.
It has an apparent size of 1.7 by 1.0 arcmin.
One supernova, SN 2020qxp (type Ia, mag. 16.8), was discovered in NGC 5002 on 8 August 2020.Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020qxp. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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