NGC 5334

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 5334

| image =250px

| caption = NGC 5334 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Virgo

| type = SB(rs)c{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 5334

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=ngc+5334

| access-date=2007-04-06 }}

| ra = {{RA|13|52|54.479}}

| dec = {{DEC|-01|06|52.035}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|24.60 ± 1.75|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z = 0.004623

| h_radial_v = 1386 ± 3 km/s

| appmag_v = 14.3

| size=~{{convert|43.62|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| size_v = 1.9{{prime}} × 1.3{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist | IRAS= 13502-0051 | MCG= +00-35-024 | CGCG= 017-088 | IC= 4338 | UGC= 8790 | PGC= 49308}}

}}

NGC 5334 is a face-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1668 ± 20{{nbsp}}km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of {{convert|24.60 ± 1.75|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}. However, five non-redshift measurements give a distance of {{convert|33.320 ± 2.283|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}.{{cite web | url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+5334 | title = Distance Results for NGC{{nbsp}}5334 | website = NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE | publisher = NASA | access-date = 23 November 2024}} It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 15 April 1787.{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc53.htm#5334 | title = New General Catalogue Objects: NGC{{nbsp}}5334 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 23 November 2024}} It was also observed by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 20 April 1897 and listed in the Index Catalogue as IC 4338.

NGC 5334 is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.{{cite web | title=The Virgo III Groups |work=Atlas of the Universe |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html |access-date=2010-11-27 }}

Although no supernovae have been observed in NGC 5334 yet, a luminous blue variable, designated SN{{nbsp}}2003gm (type LBV, mag. 17), was discovered on 6 July 2003.{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2003gm | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2003gm | publisher = IAU | access-date=23 November 2024}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08167.html#Item2

| title = Circular No. 8167

| last = Green

| first = Daniel W. E.

| date = 27 July 2003

| website = Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

| publisher = Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

| access-date = 23 November 2024

}}