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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = NGC 5705
| image = [[File:NGC5705 - SDSS DR14.jpg|250px]]
| caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 5705
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| constellation name = [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]
| type = SB(rs)d<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 5705
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
  | access-date=2007-04-12}}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|14|39|49.7}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|-0|43|6}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 
| z = 1758 ± 4 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 13.3<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 2'.9 × 1'.7<ref name="ned" />
| notes =
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 9447,<ref name="ned" /> [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 52395<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 5705''' is a [[spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]. It was discovered on 17 May 1884 by [[France|French]] astronomer [[Édouard Stephan]].<ref name="selig">{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc57.htm#5705 | title = New General Catalogue Objects: NGC{{nbsp}}5705 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 27 August 2024 }}</ref>

NGC 5705 is part of a small group of spiral galaxies that also includes [[NGC 5691]], [[NGC 5713]], and [[NGC 5719]].<ref name="carnegieatlas">{{cite book 
  | author=A. Sandage 
  | author2=J. Bedke
  | date=1994
  | title=Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies
  | publisher=[[Carnegie Institution of Washington]]
  | location=Washington, D.C.
  | isbn=978-0-87279-667-6}}</ref> 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.<ref name="atlas universe">{{cite web | title=The Virgo III Groups |work=Atlas of the Universe |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html |access-date=2010-11-27 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of NGC objects (5001–6000)]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{commons category-inline}}

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[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:NGC objects|5705]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|52395]]
[[Category:UGC objects|09447]]
[[Category:Virgo (constellation)]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1884]]
[[Category:Discoveries by Édouard Stephan]] 

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