NGC 5779

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NGC 5779 est une lointaine galaxie lenticulaire située dans la constellation du Dragon. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 11 462 ± 6 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 169 ± 12 Mpc (∼551 millions d'al). NGC 5779 a été découverte par l'astronome américain Lewis Swift en 1885.

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