NGC 5378 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 11 March 1831.
NGC 5378 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.
NGC 5378 group NGC 5378 is a member the NGC 5378 group (also known as LGG 364), which contains three galaxies, including and .
Supernova One supernova has been observed in NGC 5378: SN 1991ak (TypeIa, mag. 15.5) was discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild on 15 July 1991.
See also List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
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