{{Short description|Irregular galaxy in the constellation Centaurus}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5408 | image =NGC_5408_irregular_galaxy_13004504103_a5955b7f2a_o.png | image_size =300px | caption = NGC 5408 imaged by [[Hubble Space Telescope|HST]] | epoch = [[J2000]] | ra = {{RA|14|03|20.9}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for NGC 5408 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=36639&objname=6 | access-date=2007-03-16}}</ref> | dec = {{DEC|-41|22|40}}<ref name="ned" /> | constellation name = [[Centaurus (constellation)|Centaurus]] | z = 506 ± 3 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" /> | dist_ly = 15.7 [[light year|Mly]] (4.81 [[parsec|Mpc]])<ref name="karachentsevetal2004">{{cite journal | author=I. D. Karachentsev | author2=V. E. Karachentseva | author3=W. K. Hutchmeier | author4=D. I. Makarov | title=A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies | journal=Astronomical Journal | date=2004 | volume=127 | issue=4 | pages=2031–2068 | bibcode=2004AJ....127.2031K | doi=10.1086/382905| doi-access=free }}</ref> | type = IB(s)m<ref name="ned" /> | appmag_v = 12.2<ref name="ned" /> | size_v = 1.6{{prime}} × 0.8{{prime}} <ref name="ned" /> | notes = | names = [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 50073<ref name="ned" /> }} '''NGC 5408''' is an [[irregular galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Centaurus (constellation)|Centaurus]]. It was discovered by [[John Herschel]] on June 5, 1834.<ref name=Seligman>{{cite web|last1=Seligman|first1=Courtney|title=Celestial Atlas: GC Objects: NGC 5400 - 5449|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc54.htm#5408|website=cseligman.com|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909235428/http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc54.htm#5408|archive-date=9 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Galaxy group information==
NGC 5408 is located near the M83 Subgroup of the [[Centaurus A/M83 Group]], a relatively nearby [[group of galaxies]]. However, it is unclear as to whether NGC 5408 is part of the group.<ref name="karachentsev2005">{{cite journal | author=I. D. Karachentsev | title=The Local Group and Other Neighboring Galaxy Groups | journal=Astronomical Journal | date=2005 | volume=129 | issue=1 | pages=178–188 | bibcode=2005AJ....129..178K | doi=10.1086/426368|arxiv = astro-ph/0410065 | s2cid=119385141 }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{WikiSky}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5408}} [[Category:Irregular galaxies]] [[Category:Dwarf irregular galaxies]] [[Category:Dwarf barred irregular galaxies]] [[Category:Centaurus]] [[Category:NGC objects|5408]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|50073]] [[Category:Virgo Supercluster]]
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