| NGC 5331 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5331 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 13h 52m 16s[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 | |
| NGC 5331,UGC 8774,LEDA 49264,MCG+00-35-022[1] | |
NGC 5331 is a pair of twointeractingspiral galaxies in the constellationVirgo. They were discovered byWilliam Herschel on May 13, 1793.[3]
Onesupernova, SN 2020abir (type Ia, mag. 17.3), was discovered in NGC 5331 on 1 December 2020.[4]
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