NGC 5774 is an intermediate spiral galaxy approximately 71 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo.

[1] It was discovered by Irish engineer Bindon Stoney on April 26, 1851.

[4][5] It has been classified as a "low surface brightness" (LSB) galaxy, but its central surface brightness is 5 times brighter than the brightest LSB galaxies.

[5][6] It has a multiple spiral pattern with bright blue knotty structure all along the arms.

[7] It is an extremely low star forming galaxy with five X-ray sources plus three ultraluminous X-ray source candidates.