Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5560  ·  NGC 5566  ·  NGC 5569
NGC 5560, Phil Yates
NGC 5560
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NGC 5560

NGC 5560, Phil Yates
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NGC 5560

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NGC 5560 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (n) b pec in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is around 77 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 light years .Together with the galaxies NGC 5566 and NGC 5569 , it forms a trio of gravitationally interacting galaxies with catalog no. Arp 286

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NGC 5560, Phil Yates