NGC 5398
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NGC 5398 is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered June 3, 1836 by John Herschel.[1] Distance estimates range from Script error: No such module "val". to Script error: No such module "val".. The tip of the red-giant branch method yields a distance of Script error: No such module "val".,[2] while the Tully–Fisher relation shows values of around Script error: No such module "val"..[3] It is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of Script error: No such module "val"..[4]
The morphological class of NGC 5398 is SB(rs)dm,[5] indicating this is a spiral galaxy with an inner bar (SB) and incomplete ring (rs) structures, plus broken, irregular spiral arms (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 2.8Template:Prime × 1.7Template:Prime at a limiting magnitude of 25, with the major axis aligned along a position angle of 172°.[6]
At the southwestern end of the bar lies a giant H II region (GHR) designated Tol 89. It spans a region of 1.7 × 1.2 kpc with an absolute magnitude of −14.8 in the 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 interaction.[7][8][9]
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