Right ascension 14 44 55.9 Redshift 1724 ± 10 km/s Apparent magnitude (V) 11.0 Magnitude 11 | Declination +01° 57′ 18″ Distance 95 Mly Type SB(r)bc Constellation Virgo | |
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Similar NGC 5566, NGC 4762, NGC 5364, NGC 4216, NGC 4535 | ||
NGC 5746 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the eastern part of the constellation of Virgo.
Characteristics
NGC 5746 is located at a distance of 95 million light years and is seen nearly edge-on, bearing a strong resemblance with the galaxy NGC 4565, that is also seen nearly edge-on.
As with the former, it has a box-shaped bulge that is actually a bar seen from one side and a currently modest star formation activity.
Investigations with the help of the x-ray space telescope Chandra seemed to detect a large cloud of gas surrounding NGC 5746 that was thought to be remmant gas of its formation in the process of being accreted; however, later research has shown that cloud does not actually exist.
Seen in the infrared, NGC 5746 also shows two pseudobulges, one nested within the other – that coincides with its central bar – as well as an inner ring with a radius of 9.1 kiloparsecs and a width of 1.6 kiloparsecs.