NGC 5792

NGC 5792 is a barred spiral galaxy about 70 million light-years[1] away in the constellation Libra.

There is a magnitude 9.6 star on the northwestern edge of the galaxy.

[2] It was discovered on April 11, 1787, by the astronomer William Herschel.

[3] It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.

This spiral galaxy article is a stub.