NGC 5371

NGC 5371
NGC 5371
	NGC 5371 imaged by a 24 inch telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	13h 55m 39.9s[1]
Declination	+40° 27′ 42″[1]
Redshift	2558 ± 3 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.3[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(rs)bc[1]
Apparent size (V)	4.4′ × 3.5′[1]
Other designations
	UGC 8846,[1] PGC 49514[1]

NGC 5371 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. NGC 5371 (which is also cataloged as NGC 5390) is a symmetrical face-on Sbc barred spiral galaxy at a distance of 100 million light years. This galaxy with Hickson Galaxy Group 68 makes up the Big Lick Galaxy Group.

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 5371: SN 1994Y (type IIn, mag. 15),[2] and SN 2020bio (type unknown, mag. 16.7).[3]

References

"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5371. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
Transient Name Server entry for SN 1994Y. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020bio. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

External links

Media related to NGC 5371 at Wikimedia Commons

NGC 5371 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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[ned-1] "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5371. Retrieved 2007-04-06.

[2] Transient Name Server entry for SN 1994Y. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

[3] Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020bio. Retrieved 23 March 2023.