NGC 5230 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . However, six non-redshift measurements give a much closer mean distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 April 1784.
NGC 5230 group According to Abraham Mahtessian, NGC 5230 is a member of a galaxy group named after it. The other galaxies in the group are NGC 5221 and .
Supernovae Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 5230: SN 1970P (type unknown, mag. 17.2) was discovered by Mnatskanian on 4 June 1970. SN 2026fjy (TypeII-P, mag. 19.737) was discovered by ATLAS on 10 March 2026.
See also List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
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