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 (TypeIa, mag. 17.7) was discovered by LOTOSS (Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches) on 3 February 2001. SN2011bz (TypeIa, mag. 17.4) was discovered by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 24 April 2011. SN2024jrx (TypeII, mag. 19.3244) was discovered by Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 27 May 2024.
See also List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
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