NGC 5068

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]

NGC 5068
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 5068
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	13h 18m 54.8s[1]
Declination	−21° 02′ 21″[1]
Redshift	0.002228[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	668 ± 3 km/s[1]
Distance	22 Mly (6.8 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.5[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)d[1]
Apparent size (V)	7.2′ × 6.3′[1]
Other designations
PGC 46400[1]

Although no supernovae have been observed in NGC 5068 yet, a luminous red nova, designated AT 2020hat, was discovered on 12 April 2020 (type LRN, mag. 17.8).^[4]

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. Transient Name Server entry for AT 2020hat. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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