NGC 5371 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered on January 14, 1788 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. The nearby NGC 5390 appears to be a duplicate entry for NGC 5371, since there is …

NGC 5371 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation. NGC 5371 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 11.93, NGC 5371 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

2024年4月26日 · Located at about the same distance is NGC 5371, the large, bright, barred spiral at the left side of the image.There are indications that NGC 5371 is physically associated with HCG 68. All six of these galaxies appear to lie on a filament of galaxies connecting the Coma Cluster to the Virgo Cluster.

2021年6月17日 · NGC5371 and Hickson 68 - posted in Experienced Deep Sky Imaging: Here is an image of a NGC 5371 and the Hickson 68 (HCG 68) galaxy group. NGC 5371 is an intermediate spiral/bar structure with ring/spiral characteristic - SAB(rs)bc. HCG 68 has five members (NGC 5350, 5353, 5354, 5355, and 5358).

Walter Scott Houston wrote of NGC 5371 that "it should be visible in just about any telescope." He goes on to point out that an 8-inch scope will reveal "hints of internal detail." He also describes how this galaxy was apparently mistaken for a new discovery by John Herschel in 1831, NGC 5390, which does not actually exist.

NGC 5371 is a large and bright spiral galaxy in Virgo. It is easily visible in an 8" telescope. Combination of 10, 3 minute exposures, SBIG ST9XE CCD. 16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain telescope with an f/6.3 focal reducer. Taken under very poor skies.

This object is a spiral galaxy located 130 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici at a declination of +40 degrees. This 11.9 magnitude galaxy spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to an actual diameter of 150,000 light years. We are viewing this galaxy about half-way between face-on and edge-on.

2022年5月22日 · About two-thirds the way from 5350 to 5371 is a distinct equilateral triangle of brighter stars of the same magnitude. Another great road sign in this field that’s full of them.

2021年2月28日 · NGC 5371 (which also seems to be known as NGC 5390) is a symmetrical face-on Sbc barred spiral galaxy at a distance of 100 million light years. This galaxy with Hickson Galaxy Group 68 makes up the Big Lick Galaxy Group.

Upper left galaxy is NGC 5371, a weakly barred spiral with ring and spiral arm features. The compact galaxy group Hickson 68 is to the right. The Hickson group contains NGC 5353, 5354, 5350, 5355, and 5358. NGC 5350 is a strongly barred spiral with ring. A small spiral, UGC 8841 is in the lower part of the image.