NGC 3501

NGC 3501 is a spiral galaxy 80 million light years away. It is located in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, showing an edge-on spiral galaxy; its companion NGC 3507 is not included in the photograph.^[4] It is a member of the NGC 3607 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.^[5]

NGC 3501
NGC 3501, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11h 02m 47.307s[1]
Declination	+17° 59′ 22.31″[1]
Redshift	0.003769[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1130[2]
Distance	77.02 ± 6.06 Mly (23.615 ± 1.857 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.8[3]
Characteristics
Type	Scd:[2]
Size	89,600 ly (27,480 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)	4.00′ × 0.44′[2]
Other designations
UGC 6116, MGC+03-28-051, PGC 33343