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 edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5068. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Transient Name Server entry for AT 2020hat. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
External links edit
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
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