title: NGC 5921
text: NGC 5921 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was discovered by William Herschel on 1 May 1786. In February 2001 a type II supernova (SN 2001X) was discovered in NGC 5921. It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.
  
  See also
   Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
   List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
  
  References
  
  External links
   
   
   SEDS
   NOAO: NGC 5921 
  
  Barred spiral galaxies
  Serpens
  5921
  09824
  54849
  Discoveries by William Herschel