Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC5068 (Galaxy in Virgo)


Date & Time: May 3 2021, from 23:54 to 24:51 JST(+0900)
Composed 14 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


NGC5068 / Galaxy, type type SAB(rs)cd II-III
R.A.13h 18m 54.7s (2000.0)
Dec.-21°02' 21" (2000.0)
Apparent Size7.3×6.5'
Radial Velocity+537km/s
Magnitude10.7
Distance22 million light yrs.
Group of Galaxies -
Other IDsUGCA 345, ESO 576-29
MCG -3-34-46, PGC 46400
NGC5068 is a medium-scaled spiral galaxy lying in the southern edge of Virgo. You can trace the galaxy about 2.1 degrees north from gamma Hydrae. The galaxy has a round shape with a diameter of a bit larger than 7 arc minutes. The distance to this galaxy has been estimated as about 22 million light years.



NGC5044 Group
NGC5078, NGC5101

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