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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
14 39 49.7
Declination
−0 ° 43 ′ 6 ″
Redshift
1758 ± 4 km/ s
Type
SB(rs)d
Apparent size v
2'.9 × 1'.7

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
27
Image
Ngc5705.jpg
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epoch
J2000.0
catalog code
GPM 219.957173-00.718544
galaxy morphological type
SBcd
Commons category
NGC 5705
time of discovery or invention
1884-05-17
discoverer or inventor
Édouard Stephan
redshift
0.005861
apparent magnitude
13.521
right ascension
219.9570458
declination
-0.7183833
radial velocity
1764
declination component of proper motion
-1
right ascension component of proper motion
15
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5705 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on 17 May 1884 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.

NGC 5705 is part of a small group of spiral galaxies that also includes NGC 5691, NGC 5713, and NGC 5719. It is a member of the NGC 5746 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5705” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.