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{{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
| title = 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>

==References==

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==External links==
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[[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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