[M51] [M51B] [M63]

The M51 group of galaxies

A smaller galaxy group at a distance of 37 million light years.

Messier objects: M51, M51B, M63.

R. Brent Tully's Nearby Galaxies Catalog lists a total of 8 members of this group; in addition to the two Messier galaxies and M51's companion M51B (NGC 5195), they are: NGCs 5023 and 5229 as well as UGCs 8313, 8331 and 8683.

This group is rather loose and clearly dominated by the two Messier galaxies.

The following table lists some data for the galaxies in the M51 group:

Galaxy    Name II    RA (2000.0) Dec type   m_v       dim     RV

NGC 5023 H II.664 13:12.2 +44:02 Sc: 12.25p 6.5x1.0 484 UGC 8313 13:13.8 +42:12 SBc 14.63p 1.9x0.6 699 UGC 8331 13:15.5 +47:30 Ir+ 14.52p 2.7x1.0 358 M63 NGC 5055 13:15.8 +42:02 Sb+ 8.57 12.3x7.6 575 M51 NGC 5194 13:29.9 +47:12 Sc 8.38 11.0x7.8 573 M51B NGC 5195 13:30.0 +47:16 Pec 9.63 5.4x4.3 658 NGC 5229 [Swift III] 13:34.1 +47:55 SBd: 13.90p 3.3x0.7 476 UGC 8683 13:42.6 +39:40 Ir- 14.28p 2.0x1.9 748

Key: Galaxy: Some catalog number or name; RA/Dec: Position 2000.0; type: Hubble type; m_v: apparent visual magnitude; dim: dimension in arc minutes; RV: radial velocity (all data from the Sky Catalog 2000 when available).


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