NGC 5331
| NGC5331 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescopeimage of NGC 5331 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 13h52m16s[1] |
| Declination | +02° 06′ 04″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.033043[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 9906 ± 6km/s[2] |
| Apparent magnitude(V) | 14.3[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb pec:;LIRG HII[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC5331,UGC8774,LEDA49264,MCG+00-35-022[1] | |
NGC 5331is a pair of twointeractingspiral galaxiesin the constellationVirgo.They were discovered byWilliam Herschelon May 13, 1793.[3]
Onesupernova,SN 2020abir (type Ia,mag. 17.3), was discovered in NGC 5331 on 1 December 2020.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abc"NGC 5331".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved29 May2019.
- ^abcd"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database".ned.ipac.caltech.edu.Retrieved29 May2019.
- ^Seligman, Courtney."New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5300 - 5349".New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5300 - 5349.Retrieved29 May2019.
- ^Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020abir.Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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