# NGC 5371

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Galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici

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′ 42.4″[1] Redshift 0.00850±0.00019[2] Heliocentric radial velocity 2,552±1 km/s[3] Distance 129.5 ± 32.4 Mly (39.70 ± 9.92 Mpc)[4] Apparent magnitude (V) 11.3[5] Characteristics Type SAB(rs)bc[5] Mass 1.86×1011[4] (baryonic) M☉ Size 146,000 ly (44.80 kpc)[6] Apparent size (V) 4.4′ × 3.5′[5] Other designations NGC 5371 and 5390, UGC 8846, PGC 49514[7]

**NGC 5371** is a face-on [spiral galaxy](/source/Spiral_galaxy) in the northern [constellation](/source/Constellation) [Canes Venatici](/source/Canes_Venatici). It was discovered on January 14, 1788 by German-British astronomer [William Herschel](/source/William_Herschel). The nearby **NGC 5390** appears to be a duplicate entry for NGC 5371, since there is nothing at the former's position.[8] NGC 5371 has an [apparent magnitude](/source/Apparent_magnitude) of 11.3 and an [angular size](/source/Angular_size) of 4.4′ × 3.5′.[5] It is located at a distance of 129.5 ± 32.4 million [light-years](/source/Light-year) (39.70 ± 9.92 [Mpc](/source/Parsec#Megaparsecs_and_gigaparsecs)) from the [Milky Way](/source/Milky_Way),[4] and is receding with a heliocentric [radial velocity](/source/Radial_velocity) of 2,552 km/s. The galaxy appears to be weakly interacting with the nearby, equidistant [Hickson 68 group](/source/Hickson_Compact_Group) of galaxies, and thus may be a member.[3] Collectively, they are sometimes dubbed the Big Lick galaxy group, after the city of [Roanoke, Virginia](/source/Roanoke%2C_Virginia).[9]

NGC 5371 (left) and Hickson 68 (right)

The [morphological classification](/source/Galaxy_morphological_classification) of NGC 5371 in the De Vaucouleurs system is SAB(rs)bc,[5] indicating a weakly barred spiral galaxy (SAB) with a transitional inner ring structure (rs), and moderately wound spiral arms (bc). The [galactic plane](/source/Galactic_plane) is inclined at an angle of 45°±5° to the [plane of the sky](/source/Plane_of_the_sky), with the major axis oriented along a [position angle](/source/Position_angle) of 195°±3°.[10] This is classified as a [LINER](/source/Low-ionization_nuclear_emission-line_region)-type galaxy and may be in a post-[starburst](/source/Starburst_galaxy) phase. There is an extended or double [source of X-ray emission](/source/Astrophysical_X-ray_source).[11]

Two [supernovae](/source/Supernova) have been observed in NGC 5371. [Type II-L supernova](/source/Type_II_supernova) SN 1994Y was spotted on August 19, 1994, reaching peak [B magnitude](/source/UBV_photometric_system) of 14.2 on August 30.[12] [Type IIb supernova](/source/Type_IIb_supernova) SN 2020bio was discovered January 29, 2020. The progenitor may have undergone extensive mass loss, shedding nearly all of its hydrogen envelope.[13]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-edr3_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-edr3_1-1) [Brown, A. G. A.](/source/Anthony_Brown_(scientist)); et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). ["*Gaia* Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties"](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F202039657). *[Astronomy & Astrophysics](/source/Astronomy_%26_Astrophysics)*. **649**: A1. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[2012.01533](https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.01533). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2021A&A...649A...1G](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A&A...649A...1G). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361/202039657](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F202039657). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [227254300](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:227254300). (Erratum: [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F202039657e)). [Gaia EDR3 record for this source](https://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?Gaia%20EDR3%201497134172417032192) at [VizieR](/source/VizieR).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Abazajian_et_al_2009_2-0)** Abazajian, Kevork N.; et al. (2009). "The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey". *The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series*. **182** (2): 543–558. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[0812.0649](https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0649). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2009ApJS..182..543A](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJS..182..543A). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/543](https://doi.org/10.1088%2F0067-0049%2F182%2F2%2F543). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [14376651](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:14376651).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-van_Driel_et_al_2061_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-van_Driel_et_al_2061_3-1) van Driel, W.; et al. (November 2016). "NIBLES: an H I census of stellar mass selected SDSS galaxies. I. The Nançay H I survey". *Astronomy & Astrophysics*. **595**: 43. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1607.02787](https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.02787). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2016A&A...595A.118V](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A&A...595A.118V). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361/201528048](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%2F201528048). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [118623916](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:118623916). A118.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lelli_et_al_2016_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lelli_et_al_2016_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Lelli_et_al_2016_4-2) Lelli, Federico; et al. (January 2016). ["The Small Scatter of the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation"](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F2041-8205%2F816%2F1%2FL14). *The Astrophysical Journal Letters*. **816** (1). id. L14. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1512.04543](https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.04543). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2016ApJ...816L..14L](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...816L..14L). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3847/2041-8205/816/1/L14](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F2041-8205%2F816%2F1%2FL14).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-König_Binnewies_2017_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-König_Binnewies_2017_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-König_Binnewies_2017_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-König_Binnewies_2017_5-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-König_Binnewies_2017_5-4) König, Michael; Binnewies, Stefan (2017). [*The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OEszDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113). Cambridge University Press. p. 113. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781108103091](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781108103091).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ned_6-0)** ["NED Results For NGC 5371"](https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=ngc+5371&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1). Retrieved 2025-05-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SIMBAD_7-0)** ["NGC 5371"](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5371), *[SIMBAD](/source/SIMBAD)*, [Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg](/source/Centre_de_donn%C3%A9es_astronomiques_de_Strasbourg), retrieved 2024-04-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CSeligman_8-0)** Seligman, Courney. ["NGC Objects: NGC 5350 - 5399"](https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc53a.htm#5371). *Celestial Atlas*. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Webb_2014_9-0)** Brazell, Owen. ["April 2014 - Galaxy of the Month: Hickson 68 in Canes Venatici"](https://www.webbdeepsky.com/galaxies/object/Hickson+68). Webb Deep SKy Society. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fridman_et_al_2005_10-0)** Fridman, A. M.; et al. (January 2005). "The orientation parameters and rotation curves of 15 spiral galaxies". *Astronomy and Astrophysics*. **430**: 67–81. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/0409622](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409622). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2005A&A...430...67F](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005A&A...430...67F). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361:200400087](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%3A200400087).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Komossa_et_al_1999_11-0)** Komossa, Stefanie; et al. (September 1999). "X-ray properties of LINERs". *Astronomy and Astrophysics*. **349**: 88–96. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/9907119](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907119). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1999A&A...349...88K](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A&A...349...88K).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tsvetkov_Pavlyuk_1997_12-0)** Tsvetkov, D. Yu.; Pavlyuk, N. N. (January 1997). "Observations of the supernovae SN 1994Y, 1994ae, and 1995J". *Astronomy Letters*. **23** (1): 26–29. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1997AstL...23...26T](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997AstL...23...26T).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pellegrino_et_al_2023_13-0)** Pellegrino, C.; et al. (September 2023). ["SN 2020bio: A Double-peaked, H-poor Type IIb Supernova with Evidence of Circumstellar Interaction"](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Face595). *The Astrophysical Journal*. **954** (1). id. 35. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[2301.04662](https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.04662). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2023ApJ...954...35P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...954...35P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3847/1538-4357/ace595](https://doi.org/10.3847%2F1538-4357%2Face595).

## External links

- Media related to [NGC 5371](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NGC_5371) at Wikimedia Commons

- NGC 5371 on [WikiSky](/source/WikiSky): [DSS2](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=DSS2), [SDSS](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=SDSS), [GALEX](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=GALEX), [IRAS](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=IRAS), [Hydrogen α](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=HALPHA), [X-Ray](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=RASS), [Astrophoto](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371&img_source=IMG_all), [Sky Map](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5371), [Articles and images](http://www.wikisky.org/starview?object=NGC+5371)

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