NGC 5541


NGC5541 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Boötes. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background for is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 29 April 1788.
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 5541 as a radio galaxy.

Interacting Galaxies

NGC 5541 is made up of two galaxies in gravitational interaction. The other galaxy to the north is 2MASS J14163236+3935307.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 5541:SN2006cb was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search on 19 April 2006.SN2017mf was discovered by the Italian Supernovae Search Project on 21 January 2017.SN2025auk was discovered by ATLAS on 3 February 2025.