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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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Distance from Earth
27
Image
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catalog code
GPM 219.957173-00.718544
galaxy morphological type
SBcd
Commons category
NGC 5705
time of discovery or invention
1884-05-17
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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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.

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