NGC 2500

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Lynx}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 2500

| image =File:NGC 2500 - HST - Potw1728a.tif

| caption = NGC 2500 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Lynx

| type = SB(rs)d

| ra = {{RA|08|01|53.2}}

| dec = {{DEC|+50|44|14}}

| z = 0.001715{{cite web

|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|work=Results for NGC 2500

|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2500&img_stamp=yes&extend=no

|accessdate=2010-05-13}}

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|514 ± 1 km/s}}

| dist_ly = 33 Mly
{{nowrap|(10.1 Mpc)}}{{cite web

|title=Distance Results for NGC 2500

|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+2500

|accessdate=2010-05-13}}

| appmag_v = 12.2

| size_v = 2.9{{prime}} × 2.6{{prime}}

| v_hb = -

| notes =

| names = UGC 4165, PGC 22525

}}

NGC 2500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx which was discovered by William Herschel in 1788. Much like the local group in which our own Milky Way galaxy is situated, NGC 2500 is part of the NGC 2841 group of galaxies which also includes NGC 2541, NGC 2537 and NGC 2552. It has a H II nucleus{{Cite news

| last1 = Ho

| first1 = Luis C.

| last2 = Filippenko

| first2 = Alexei V.

| last3 = Sargent

| first3 = Wallace L. W.

| title = A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies

| date = October 1997

| periodical = Astrophysical Journal Supplement

| volume = 112

| issue = 2

| pages = 315–390

| url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1997ApJS..112..315H

| doi = 10.1086/313041

|arxiv = astro-ph/9704107 |bibcode = 1997ApJS..112..315H }} and exhibits a weak inner ring structure.