{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Draco}} {{Infobox galaxy | name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5678 | image = NGC5678 - SDSS DR14.jpg | caption = Image of NGC 5678 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | constellation name = [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]] | epoch = [[J2000]] | type = SAB(rs)b<ref name="ned">{{cite web| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=38265&objname=57&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1#BasicData_0 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu | accessdate=19 June 2019 }}</ref> | ra = {{RA|14|32|05}}<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 5678|access-date=19 June 2019}}</ref> | dec = {{DEC|+57|55|17}}<ref name=SIMBAD/> | appmag_b = 12.10<ref name=SIMBAD/> | appmag_v = | h_radial_v = {{nowrap|1912 ± 3 [[Metre per second|km/s]]}}<ref name="ned" /> | z = 0.006378<ref name="ned" /> | size_v = {{Val|1.34|×|1.19|u='}}<ref name="ned" /> (G band) | names = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5678, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]]+10-21-005, [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 51932<ref name=SIMBAD/> }} '''NGC 5678''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] in the constellation of [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]]. It was discovered by [[William Herschel]] on April 17, 1789.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5650 - 5699 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc56a.htm#5678 |website=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5650 - 5699 |accessdate=19 June 2019}}</ref>
It is located north of the celestial equator making NGC 5678 more visible in the northern hemisphere.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NGC 5678 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Draco {{!}} TheSkyLive |url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc5678-object |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=theskylive.com}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:NGC 5678 hst 06359 606.png|[[Hubble Space Telescope]] image of NGC 5678 </gallery>
==See also== * [[List of NGC objects (5001–6000)]]
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} {{WikiSky}}
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[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:Draco (constellation)]] [[Category:NGC objects|5678]]
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