The Virgo III Groups, or Virgo III Cloud, are a series of at least 75 galactic clusters and individual galaxies stretching approximately off the eastern edge of the

Virgo Supercluster The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a mass concentration of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group, which itself contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, as well as others. At least ...

. Parts of it are in the constellations

Virgo Virgo may refer to: *Virgo (astrology), the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac * Virgo (constellation), a constellation *Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo *Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a dwarf galaxy * Virgo Su ...

Libra Libra generally refers to: * Libra (constellation), a constellation * Libra (astrology), an astrological sign based on the star constellation Libra may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Libra'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo Musi ...

, and

Serpens Caput Serpens ( grc, , , the Serpent) is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, it remains one of the 88 modern constellations designated by the International ...

. It is located approximately to from the

Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar ...

, at a right ascension of to . These clusters include: * NGC 5248 Group: ** NGC 5248 ** UGC 8575 ** UGC 8614 * NGC 5364 Group: ** NGC 5300 ** NGC 5348 ** NGC 5356 ** NGC 5360 ** NGC 5363 ** NGC 5364 * NGC 5506 Group: ** IC 976 ** NGC 5496 ** NGC 5506 ** NGC 5507 ** UGC 9057 * NGC 5566 Group: ** NGC 5560 ** NGC 5566 ** NGC 5569 ** NGC 5574 ** NGC 5576 ** NGC 5577 ** UGC 9215 * NGC 5638 Group: ** IC 1024 ** NGC 5636 ** NGC 5638 ** NGC 5668 ** UGC 9310 ** UGC 9380 * NGC 5746 Group: ** NGC 5658 ** NGC 5690 ** NGC 5691 ** NGC 5692 ** NGC 5705 **

NGC 5713 NGC 5713 is a peculiar, asymmetric galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Although classified as a spiral galaxy by most galaxy catalogs, NGC 5713 is very different from most normal spiral galaxies. While most spiral galaxies either have either two ...

** NGC 5719 ** NGC 5725 ** NGC 5740 ** NGC 5746 ** NGC 5750 ** UGC 9299 ** UGC 9469 ** UGC 9482 * NGC 5775 Group: ** IC 1066 ** IC 1067 ** IC 1070 ** NGC 5770 ** NGC 5774 ** NGC 5775 * NGC 5846 Group: ** NGC 5813 ** NGC 5831 ** NGC 5846 ** NGC 5846A ** NGC 5854 ** NGC 5864 ** NGC 5869 ** UGC 9746 ** UGC 9751 ** UGC 9760 *Additional galaxies in the group: ** IC 1014 ** NGC 5334 ** NGC 5470 ** NGC 5584 ** NGC 5645 ** NGC 5669 ** NGC 5701 ** NGC 5792 ** NGC 5806 ** NGC 5838 **

NGC 5921 NGC 5921 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was discovered by William Herschel on 1 May 1786. In February 2001 a Supernova#Type II, type II supernova ...

** UGC 9169 ** UGC 9500

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