UGC 5497

{{Short description|Dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major}}

{{Sky|10|12|48.48|+|64|06|26.8}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = UGC 5497

| image = UGC 5497 - Potw1224a.tif

| image_size = 300px

| caption = Hubble image of UGC 5497. The object is a compact blue dwarf galaxy that is infused with newly formed clusters of stars.

| credit = ESA/Hubble & NASA

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Ursa Major{{cite news|title=Compact Blue Dwarf Can't Hide|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1224a/|accessdate=11 June 2012|newspaper=ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week}}

| ra = {{RA|10|12|48.48}}{{cite web|title=Search results for UCG 5491|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=UGC+5497|work=Astronomical Database|publisher=SIMBAD|accessdate=11 June 2012}}

| dec = {{DEC|+64|06|26.8}}

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| dist_ly = {{convert|12000000|+/-|00|kly|kpc|abbr=on|lk=on}}{{hub|0.73}}

| group_cluster = Messier 81

| type = dI

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| names = MCG+11-13-007, Z 1009.1+6422, LEDA 29735, Z 313-5

| references =

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UGC 5497 is a dwarf galaxy, located about 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a member of the M81 Group.Kristin Chiboucas, Igor D. Karachentsev, R. Brent Tully: [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2009AJ....137.3009C Discovery of New Dwarf Galaxies in the M81 Group], 2009AJ....137.3009C