{{short description|Loose group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major}} {{Galaxy cluster | name = M101 Group | image = 350px | caption = The Pinwheel Galaxy, the brightest galaxy in the M101 Group | epoch=J2000 | ra = 14<sup>h</sup> 04<sup>m</sup><ref name="garcia1993">{{cite journal | author=A. Garcia | title=General study of group membership. II - Determination of nearby groups | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement | date=1993 | volume=100 | pages=47–90 | bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G}}</ref><ref name="giuricinetal2002">{{cite journal |author1=G. Giuricin |author2=C. Marinoni |author3=L. Ceriani |author4=A. Pisani | title=Nearby Optical Galaxies: Selection of the Sample and Identification of Groups | journal=Astrophysical Journal | date=2000 | volume=543 | issue=1 | pages=178–194 | bibcode=2000ApJ...543..178G | doi=10.1086/317070 |arxiv = astro-ph/0001140 |s2cid=9618325 }}</ref> | dec = +54° 31{{prime}}<ref name="garcia1993" /><ref name="giuricinetal2002" /> | constellation = Ursa Major | member_no = 7-9<ref name="garcia1993" /><ref name="giuricinetal2002" /><ref name="nbg" /><ref name="fouqueetal1992" /> | brightest_member = Pinwheel Galaxy<ref name="garcia1993" /><ref name="giuricinetal2002" /><ref name="fouqueetal1992" /> | other_names = NGC 5457 Group, LGG 371,<ref name="garcia1993" /><br />NOGG H 758,<ref name="giuricinetal2002" /> NOGG P1 766,<ref name="giuricinetal2002" /><br />NOGG P2 781<ref name="giuricinetal2002" /> }}
The '''M101 Group''' is a loose group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. The group is named after the brightest galaxy in the group, the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). Most of the other members of the group are companions of the Pinwheel Galaxy.<ref name="garcia1993" /><ref name="giuricinetal2002" /><ref name="nbg">{{cite book | author=R. B. Tully | date=1988 | title=Nearby Galaxies Catalog | edition= | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | isbn=0-521-35299-1}}</ref><ref name="fouqueetal1992">{{cite journal |author1=P. Fouque |author2=E. Gourgoulhon |author3=P. Chamaraux |author4=G. Paturel | title=Groups of galaxies within 80 Mpc. II - The catalogue of groups and group members | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement | date=1992 | volume=93 | pages=211–233 | bibcode=1992A&AS...93..211F}}</ref> The group itself is one of many located within the Virgo Supercluster (i.e. the Local Supercluster).<ref name="tully1982">{{cite journal | author= R. B. Tully | title=The Local Supercluster | journal=Astrophysical Journal | date=1982 | volume=257 | pages=389–422 | bibcode=1982ApJ...257..389T | doi= 10.1086/159999 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Members==
The table below lists galaxies that have been consistently identified as group members in the Nearby Galaxies Catalog,<ref name="nbg" /> the survey of Fouque et al.,<ref name="fouqueetal1992" /> the Lyons Groups of Galaxies (LGG) Catalog,<ref name="garcia1993" /> and the three group lists created from the Nearby Optical Galaxy sample of Giuricin et al.<ref name="giuricinetal2002" />
{{clear}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Members of the M101 Group''' |- ! Name ! Type<ref name="ned">{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for various galaxies | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> ! R.A. (J2000)<ref name="ned" /> ! Dec. (J2000)<ref name="ned" /> ! Redshift (km/s)<ref name="ned" /> ! Apparent Magnitude<ref name="ned" /> |- | Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) | SAB(rs)cd | {{RA|14|03|12.6}} | {{DEC|+54|20|57}} | 241 ± 2 | 8.3 |- | NGC 5204 | SA(s)m | {{RA|13|29|36.5}} | {{DEC|+58|25|07}} | 201 ± 1 | 11.7 |- | NGC 5474 | SA(s)cd pec | {{RA|14|05|01.6}} | {{DEC|+53|39|44}} | 273 ± 9 | 11.3 |- | NGC 5477 | SA(s)m | {{RA|14|05|33.2}} | {{DEC|+54|27|39}} | 304 ± 5 | 14.4 |- | NGC 5585 | SAB(s)d | {{RA|14|19|48.2}} | {{DEC|+56|43|45}} | 293 ± 2 | 11.2 |- | UGC 8837 | IB(s)m | {{RA|13|54|45.8}} | {{DEC|+53|54|03}} | 144 ± 3 | 13.8 |- | UGC 9405 | Im | {{RA|14|35|24.4}} | {{DEC|+57|15|19}} | 222 ± 6 | 17 |- |}
Other possible members galaxies (galaxies listed in only one or two of the lists from the above references) include the irregular galaxies NGC 5238 and UGC 8508.
==Nearby groups==
The M51 Group, which includes the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and the Sunflower Galaxy (M63),<ref name="garcia1993" /><ref name="giuricinetal2002" /><ref name="nbg" /><ref name="fouqueetal1992" /> is located to the southeast of the M101 Group, and the NGC 5866 Group is located to the northwest.<ref name="ferrareseetal00">{{cite journal |author1=L. Ferrarese |author2=H. C. Ford |author3=J. Huchra |author4=R. C. Kennicutt Jr. |author5=J. R. Mould |author6=S. Sakai |author7=W. L. Freedman |author8=P. B. Stetson |author9=B. F. Madore |author10=B. K. Gibson |author11=J. A. Graham |author12=S. M. Hughes |author13=G. D. Illingworth |author14=D. D. Kelson |author15=L. Macri |author16=K. Sebo |author17=N. A. Silbermann | title=A Database of Cepheid Distance Moduli and Tip of the Red Giant Branch, Globular Cluster Luminosity Function, Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Data Useful for Distance Determinations | journal=Astrophysical Journal Supplement | date=2000 | volume=128 | issue=2 | pages=431–459 | bibcode=2000ApJS..128..431F | doi=10.1086/313391 |arxiv = astro-ph/9910501 |s2cid=121612286 }}</ref> The distances to these three groups (as determined from the distances to the individual member galaxies) are similar, which suggests that the M51 Group, the M101 Group, and the NGC 5866 Group are actually part of a single large, loose, elongated group.<ref name="ferrareseetal00" /> However, most group identification methods (including those used by the references cited above) identify these three groups as separate entities.
==See also==
==References==
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Category:M101 Group Category:Virgo Supercluster Category:Ursa Major