NGC 5668
id:
ngc-5668-187-17649537
title:
NGC 5668
text:
NGC 5668 is a nearly face-on spiral galaxy, visual magnitude about 11.5, located about 81 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on 29 April 1786 by William Herschel. It is a member of the NGC 5638 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. In addition, A.M. Garcia listed NGC 5668 in the 31 member NGC 5746 galaxy group. As seen from the Earth, it is inclined by an angle of 18° to the line of
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5668
date created:
2013-07-12T03:50:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T04:20:36Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1121890","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1121890"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/NGC_5668_imaged_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope.jpg","width":2995,"height":3227}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16