NGC 5251


NGC 5251 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Boötes. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 11202 ± 17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 165.22 ± 11.57 Mpc. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 11 April 1785.
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 5251 as a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5251.SN 2024bci was discovered by the GOTO telescope array on 24 January 2024.