NGC 5838

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 5838

| image = NGC5838 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 5838

| credit= HST/NASA/ESA

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA0⁻{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 5838

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2007-04-12}}

| ra = {{RA|15|5|26.2}}

| dec = {{DEC|+2|5|58}}

| dist_ly =

| z = 1359 ± 10 km/s

| appmag_v = 11.9

| size_v = 4.2{{prime}} × 1.5{{prime}}

| constellation name = Virgo

| notes =

| names = UGC 9692, PGC 53862

}}

NGC 5838 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, discovered by William Herschel in 1786.{{Cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5800 - 5849|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc58.htm#5838|access-date=2021-03-13|website=cseligman.com}} It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.{{cite web | title=The Virgo III Groups |work=Atlas of the Universe |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/viriii.html |access-date=2010-11-27 }}