NGC5033 (lower) and NGC5005 are two galaxies that weakly influence each other gravitionally. The spiral arms of NGC5033 are warped and this is believed to be result of these interactions. The galaxy has been discovered 1st of May, 1785 by William Herschel. NGC5033 contains Seyfert nucleus that is thought to contain supermassive black hole. The bright emission from the core region is partially produced by the hot gas in the environment around this black hole.
NGC5005 galaxy (also known as Caldwell 29) is an inclined spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It contains relatively bright core and bright disk that contains multiple dust lines. X-ray observations of this galaxy revealed it contains variable point-linke X-rays source in its nucleus. It may impy it also contains supermassive black hole there. Strong X-ray emission is expected from the hot, compressed gas in the environment outside the black hole in the active galaxy nucleus.
Both galaxies compries a physical galaxy pair placed about 40 to 60 million light years away. Some scientits believe that distorted spiral arms of NGC5033 are an effect of tidal forces from nearby NGC5005, but others claim that galaxies are not yet close enough.
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