NGC 5504

NGC 5504
As seen during the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Bootes
Right ascension	14h 12m 15s
Declination	+15° 50’ 30”
Redshift	0.017492
Distance	264 Mly (80.85 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.9
Surface brightness	23.03 mag/arcsec2
Characteristics
Type	SAbc
Other designations
PGC 50718, UGC 9085, CGCG 103-114, MCG 03-036-081, KUG 1409+160

NGC 5504 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Boötes. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 5,482 ± 17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 80.9 ± 5.7 Mpc (∼264 million ly).^[1] NGC 5504 was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1880.

The luminosity class of NGC 5504 is II-III and it has a broad HI line.^[1]