NGC 5331

Short description: Galaxy pair in the constellation Virgo

NGC 5331

Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5331

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation| Virgo
Right ascension|  13h 52m 16s[1]
Declination| +02° 06′ 04″[1]
Redshift| 0.033043[2]
Helio radial velocity| 9906 ± 6 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)| 14.3[2]
Characteristics
Type| Sb pec:;LIRG HII[2]
Other designations
NGC 5331, UGC 8774, LEDA 49264, MCG+00-35-022[1]

NGC 5331 is a pair of two interacting spiral galaxies in the constellation Virgo. They were discovered by William Herschel on May 13, 1793.[3]

One supernova, SN 2020abir (type Ia, mag. 17.3), was discovered in NGC 5331 on 1 December 2020.[4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NGC 5331". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5331.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=57264&objname=3&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1.
3. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5300 - 5349". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc20.htm.
4. ↑ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2020abir. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

## External links

*   * NGC 5331 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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