NGC 5068

NGC 5068
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 5068
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	13h 18m 54.7658s [1]
Declination	−21° 02′ 19.705″ [1]
Redshift	0.002235 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	670 ± 1 km/s [1]
Distance	22 Mly (6.8 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)	10.5 [1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)d [1]
Size	~68,200  ly (20.91  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)	7.2′ × 6.3′ [1]
Other designations
ESO 576- G 029, IRAS 13161-2046, UGCA 345, MCG -03-34-046, PGC 46400 [1]

NGC 5068 is a face-on field barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation. NGC 5068 is located approximately 22 million light-years away and has a diameter that exceeds 45000 light-years. ^{[2] [3]} It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 10 March 1785. ^[4]

Although no supernovae have been observed in NGC 5068 yet, a luminous red nova, designated AT 2020hat (type LRN, mag. 17.8), was discovered by ATLAS on 12 April 2020. ^[5]

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5068. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
2. Kepple, George Robert; Glen W. Sanner (1998). The Night Sky Observer's Guide. Vol. 2. Willmann-Bell, Inc. pp. 464–465. ISBN   978-0-943396-60-6.
3. Materne, J. (April 1979). "The structure of nearby groups of galaxies - Quantitative membership probabilities". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 74 (2): 235–243. Bibcode:1979A&A....74..235M.
4. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 5068". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
5. "AT 2020hat". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 7 June 2025.

External links

• Media related to NGC 5068 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 5068 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images