NGC 5735 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Boötes. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . Additionally, three non-redshift measurements give a similar mean distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 May 1784.
NGC 5735 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.
NGC 5735 is a member of the NGC 5653 group (also known as LGG 383). This group contains 15 galaxies, including NGC 5629, , , NGC 5641, NGC 5642, NGC 5653, , , , , IC 4397, , , and .
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5735: