NGC 5705

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 5705

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 5705

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Virgo

| type = SB(rs)d{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 5705

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2007-04-12}}

| ra = {{RA|14|39|49.7}}

| dec = {{DEC|-0|43|6}}

| dist_ly =

| z = 1758 ± 4 km/s

| appmag_v = 13.3

| size_v = 2'.9 × 1'.7

| notes =

| names = UGC 9447, PGC 52395

}}

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

NGC 5705 is part of a small group of spiral galaxies that also includes NGC 5691, NGC 5713, and NGC 5719.{{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}} 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.{{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 }}