The sky around NGC 5068, 3° across, north up low-power eyepiece, 1° NE 1°
The sky around NGC 5068 at true scale, north up and east left, with stars to magnitude 8. The circles show the field of a low-power eyepiece and of 10×50 binoculars.

UGCA 345 · ESO 576-029 · PGC 46400

NGC 5068

Spiral galaxy (Sc) in

Spiral galaxy (Sc) in , 16 million light-years away.

The box shows where NGC 5068 sits in .

Constellation
None
Magnitude
10.1visual
Size
7.5′ × 6.7′about 35,700 light-years
Distance
16 million lylight-years
Best month
Mayat 9 pm
Best with
Telescope

NGC 5068 is a spiral galaxy (Sc) in , 16 million light-years away

NGC 5068 (UGCA 345, ESO 576-029, PGC 46400) is a spiral galaxy (Sc) in the constellation , 16 million light-years away. It shines at magnitude 10.1 and spans 7.5′ × 6.7′ of sky, about 35,700 light-years across. It is a telescope object, 6 inches or larger, and it is highest in the evening sky in May.

Galaxy: a system of billions of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity, far outside the Milky Way. Spiral galaxies have a disk with arms; elliptical galaxies are smooth, round or oval swarms of older stars.

Finding NGC 5068 from Naga

NGC 5068 lies 2.1° north of Naga, the magnitude 3.0 star. That is within one binocular field.

NGC 5068 is highest in the evening in May

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The chart gives its height above the horizon at 9 pm through the year, from 60°N to 40°S. It can be seen from the whole southern hemisphere and north to about 69°N, and never sets south of 69°S.

NGC 5068 is 16 million light-years away

The light seen from NGC 5068 tonight left it about 16 million years ago, long before modern humans existed. It ranks 47 of 422 by distance among the galaxies on Go Astronomy. Distance source: Cosmicflows-4 (Tully et al. 2023).

Objects within 6° of NGC 5068

NGC 5068 catalog data

FieldValue
DesignationsUGCA 345, ESO 576-029, PGC 46400, NGC 5068
Typespiral galaxy (Sc)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 18.9m
Declination (J2000)-21° 02′
Magnitude10.1
Surface brightness23.6 mag/arcmin²
Apparent size7.5′ × 6.7′
True size35,700 light-years
Distance16 million light-years (Cosmicflows-4 (Tully et al. 2023))
Best monthMay
Best withTelescope