NGC 5101 [SEP] constellation
NGC 5101
NGC 5101 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydra. It is separated in the sky from the spiral galaxy NGC 5078 by about 0.5 degrees, and both are believed to be at the same distance from the Earth. This would mean they are approximately 800,000 light-years apart. Both galaxies are believed to be about the size of the Milky Way.
5078 group, which includes NGC 5078, NGC 5061, and NGC 5101, and NGC 4965 group. NGC 5084 is located at end of Virgo II groups, a filament of galaxy groups that extents southwards from the Virgo cluster.
See also.
- NGC 1961 - a supermassive spiral galaxy
- UGC 12591 - a supermassive lenticular/spiral galaxy