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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Centaurus}}
{{Infobox galaxy
 | name             = NGC 5398
 | image            = NGC5398 - HST - Potw1737a.tiff
 | image_size       = 300px
 | upright          =
 | caption          = NGC 5398 imaged by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]; Tol 89 is the pale red patch to the lower left of center
 | alt              =
 | epoch            = [[J2000]]
 | pronounce        = 
 | constellation name = [[Centaurus (constellation)|Centaurus]]
 | ra               = {{RA|14|01|21.555}}<ref name=Skrutskie_et_al_2006/>
 | dec              = {{DEC|-33|03|49.62}}<ref name=Skrutskie_et_al_2006/>
 | z                = 
 | h_radial_v       = {{val|1219|u=km/s|fmt=commas}}<ref name=Tully_et_al_2016/>
 | gal_v            = {{val|1085|u=km/s|fmt=commas}}<ref name=Tully_et_al_2016/>
 | dist_pc          = 
 | dist_ly          = {{cvt|8.5114|Mpc|Mly|1|adj=ri1|order=flip|lk=on}}<ref name=Lianou_et_al_2019/>
 | group_cluster    = 
 | type             = SB(rs)dm<ref name="ned"/>
 | mass             = <!-- In solar masses {{Val|0|e=0}} -->
 | mass_light_ratio = <!-- In solar units  -->
 | size             = <!-- In light years  -->
 | stars            = 
 | appmag_v         = 12.6<ref name="ned" />
 | appmag_b         = 
 | absmag_v         = 
 | size_v           = 2.8{{prime}} × 1.7{{prime}}<ref name="ned" /> (D<sub>25</sub>)
 | half_light_radius_pc        = <!-- physical dimension, pc preferred -->
 | half_light_radius_arcminsec = <!-- apparent dimension -->
 | h1_scale_length_pc          = <!-- physical dimension, pc preferred -->
 | h1_scale_length_arcminsec   = <!-- apparent dimension -->
 | xray_radius_pc              = <!-- physical dimension, pc preferred -->
 | xray_radius_arcminsec       = <!-- apparent dimension -->
 | notes            = 
 | names            = {{odlist | NGC=5398 | UGCA=379 | PGC=49923 | IRAS=13584-3249 | LEDA=49923 | MCG=-05-33-037 }}<ref name=SIMBAD/><ref name="ned" />
 | references       = 
}}

'''NGC 5398''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] in the southern [[constellation]] of [[Centaurus (constellation)|Centaurus]]. It was discovered June 3, 1836 by [[John Herschel]].<ref name=Seligman/> Distance estimates range from {{val|5.39|u=Mpc}} to {{val|18.30|u=Mpc}}. The [[tip of the red-giant branch]] method yields a distance of {{val|11.6|u=Mpc}},<ref name=McQuinn_et_al_2017/> while the [[Tully–Fisher relation]] shows values of around {{val|8.5|u=Mpc}}.<ref name=Lianou_et_al_2019/> It is receding with a heliocentric [[radial velocity]] of {{val|1219|u=km/s|fmt=commas}}.<ref name=Tully_et_al_2016/>

The [[Galaxy morphological classification|morphological class]] of NGC 5398 is SB(rs)dm,<ref name=Buta1995/> indicating this is a spiral galaxy with an inner bar (SB) and incomplete ring (rs) structures, plus broken, irregular [[spiral arm]]s (dm). The [[galactic plane]] is inclined at an angle of 53° to the line of sight from the Earth. The oval outline of the disk has an [[angular size]] of {{nowrap|2.8{{prime}} × 1.7{{prime}}}} at a limiting magnitude of 25, with the major axis aligned along a [[position angle]] of 172°.<ref name=Linden_et_al_2020/>

At the southwestern end of the bar lies a giant [[H II region]] (GHR) designated Tol 89. It spans a region of {{nowrap|1.7 × 1.2 kpc}} with an absolute magnitude of −14.8 in the [[UBV photometric system|B (blue) band]], making it "one of the most impressive GHRs known". This is the only large site in NGC 5398 that is undergoing [[star formation]], and it suggests that NGC 5398 is engaged in some form of [[Interacting galaxy|interaction]].<ref name=Sidoli_et_al_2006/><ref name=Johnson_et_al_2002/><ref name=Durret_et_al_1985/>

==See also==
* [[NGC 4618]] - ''a similar galaxy''
* [[NGC 4625]] - ''a similar galaxy''

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad
 | title=NGC 5398 | access-date=2021-12-27 }}</ref>

<ref name=Seligman>{{cite web
 | title=NGC Objects: NGC 5350 - 5399
 | first=Courtney | last=Seligman
 | work=Celestial Atlas
 | url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc53a.htm#5398
 | access-date=2021-12-17 }}</ref>

<ref name="ned">{{cite web
 | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
 | work=Results for NGC 5398
 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
 | access-date=2007-03-27}}</ref>

<ref name=Skrutskie_et_al_2006>{{cite journal
 | title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Skrutskie | first1=Michael F.
 | last2=Cutri | first2=Roc M. | last3=Stiening | first3=Rae
 | last4=Weinberg | first4=Martin D. | last5=Schneider | first5=Stephen E.
 | last6=Carpenter | first6=John M. | last7=Beichman | first7=Charles A.
 | last8=Capps | first8=Richard W. | last9=Chester | first9=Thomas
 | last10=Elias | first10=Jonathan H. | last11=Huchra | first11=John P.
 | last12=Liebert | first12=James W. | last13=Lonsdale | first13=Carol J.
 | last14=Monet | first14=David G. | last15=Price | first15=Stephan
 | last16=Seitzer | first16=Patrick | last17=Jarrett | first17=Thomas H.
 | last18=Kirkpatrick | first18=J. Davy | last19=Gizis | first19=John E.
 | last20=Howard | first20=Elizabeth V. | last21=Evans | first21=Tracey E.
 | last22=Fowler | first22=John W. | last23=Fullmer | first23=Linda
 | last24=Hurt | first24=Robert L. | last25=Light | first25=Robert M.
 | last26=Kopan | first26=Eugene L. | last27=Marsh | first27=Kenneth A.
 | last28=McCallon | first28=Howard L. | last29=Tam | first29=Robert
 | last30=Van Dyk | first30=Schuyler D. | last31=Wheelock | first31=Sherry L.
 | journal=The Astronomical Journal
 | date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 | issue=2 |pages=1163–1183
 | doi=10.1086/498708 | issn=0004-6256
 | bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S | s2cid=18913331 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=Lianou_et_al_2019>{{cite journal
 | title=Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Lianou | first1=S.
 | last2=Barmby | first2=P. | last3=Mosenkov | first3=A. A.
 | last4=Lehnert | first4=M. | last5=Karczewski | first5=O.
 | journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics
 | volume=631 | id=A38 | pages=19
 | date=November 2019 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201834553
 | arxiv=1906.02712 | bibcode=2019A&A...631A..38L | s2cid=174801441 }}</ref>

<ref name=Tully_et_al_2016>{{cite journal
 | title=Cosmicflows-3
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Tully | first1=R. Brent
 | last2=Courtois | first2=Hélène M. | last3=Sorce | first3=Jenny G.
 | journal=The Astronomical Journal
 | volume=152 | issue=2 | id=50 | pages=21
 | date=2016 | doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50
 | bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T | arxiv=1605.01765 | s2cid=250737862 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=McQuinn_et_al_2017>{{cite journal
 | title=Accurate Distances to Important Spiral Galaxies: M63, M74, NGC 1291, NGC 4559, NGC 4625, and NGC 5398
 | display-authors=1 | last1=McQuinn | first1=Kristen B. W.
 | last2=Skillman | first2=Evan D. | last3=Dolphin | first3=Andrew E.
 | last4=Berg | first4=Danielle | last5=Kennicutt | first5=Robert
 | journal=The Astronomical Journal
 | volume=154 | issue=2 | id=51 | pages=13
 | date=August 2017 | doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aa7aad
 | arxiv=1706.06586 | bibcode=2017AJ....154...51M | s2cid=119449804 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=Sidoli_et_al_2006>{{cite journal
 | title=The massive star population in the giant HII region Tol89 in NGC 5398
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Sidoli | first1=Fabrizio
 | last2=Smith | first2=Linda J. | last3=Crowther | first3=Paul A.
 | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
 | volume=370 | issue=2 | pages=799–818
 | date=August 2006 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10504.x
 | doi-access=free | arxiv=astro-ph/0605100 | bibcode=2006MNRAS.370..799S | s2cid=117771119 }}</ref>

<ref name=Johnson_et_al_2002>{{cite journal
 | title=Searching for Embedded Super Star Clusters in IC4662, NGC1705, and NGC5398
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Johnson | first1=K. E.
 | last2=Indebetouw | first2=R. | last3=Pisano | first3= D. J.
 | journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
 | id=81.02 | volume=34 | pages=1238
 | date=December 2002 | bibcode=2002AAS...201.8102J }}</ref>

<ref name=Durret_et_al_1985>{{cite journal
 | title=Gas and star content and spatial distribution in the giant extragalactic H II region TOL 89
 | display-authors=1 | last1=Durret | first1=F.
 | last2=Bergeron | first2=J. | last3=Boksenberg | first3=A.
 | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics
 | volume=143 | pages=347–354
 | date=February 1985 | bibcode=1985A&A...143..347D }}</ref>

<ref name=Buta1995>{{cite journal
 | title=The Catalog of Southern Ringed Galaxies
 | last=Buta | first=R.
 | journal=Astrophysical Journal Supplement
 | volume=96 | page=39 | date=January 1995
 | doi=10.1086/192113 | bibcode=1995ApJS...96...39B }}</ref>

<ref name=Linden_et_al_2020>{{cite journal
 | title=The Star Formation in Radio Survey: 3-33 GHz Imaging of Nearby Galaxy Nuclei and Extranuclear Star-forming Regions
 | last1=Linden | first1=S. T. | last2=Murphy | first2=E. J.
 | last3=Dong | first3=D. | last4=Momjian | first4=E.
 | last5=Kennicutt | first5=R. C. Jr. | last6=Meier | first6=D. S.
 | last7=Schinnerer | first7=E. | last8=Turner | first8=J. L.
 | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
 | volume=248 | issue=2 | id=25
 | date=June 2020 | page=25 | doi=10.3847/1538-4365/ab8a4d
 | arxiv=2004.10230 | bibcode=2020ApJS..248...25L | s2cid=216056506 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070621021913/http://www.galex.caltech.edu/popups/gallery-NGC5398.html GALEX page on NGC 5398]

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[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Centaurus]]
[[Category:NGC objects|5398]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|49923]]
[[Category:UGCA objects]]