NGC 5384

NGC 5384 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on May 8, 1864, by the astronomer Albert Marth.^[4] It is located about 250 million light-years (79.21 megaparsecs) away.^[3]

NGC 5384
SDSS image of NGC 5384
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	13h 58m 12.850s[1]
Declination	+06° 31′ 04.80″[1]
Redshift	0.01699[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5050 ± 3 km/s[2]
Distance	258.3 ± 18.2 Mly (79.21 ± 5.57 Mpc)[3]
Group or cluster	NGC 5374 group (LGG 368)
Characteristics
Type	S0[3]
Apparent size (V)	0.617′ × 0.419′[2]
Other designations
UGC 8886, MCG +01-36-008, PGC 49707[2]

NGC 5374 group

According to A. M. Garcia, NGC 5384 is a member of a group of galaxies. The NGC 5374 group (also known as LGG 368) contains at least eight galaxies, including NGC 5374, NGC 5382, NGC 5386, NGC 5417, NGC 5418, NGC 5434, and UGC 8906.^[5]