NGC 5068 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: NGC 5068 · PGC 3094730 · PGC 3094731 · PGC 3094761 · PGC 3094762 · PGC 3094763 · PGC 46373 · PGC 830475 · PGC 830753 · PGC 830872 · PGC 831721 · PGC 833209 · PGC 834178 · PGC 834223 · PGC 834347 · PGC 834352 · PGC 835093 · PGC 837681 · PGC 88821

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NGC 5068

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NGC 5068

This object is a nearby face-on barred spiral galaxy located 20 million miles away in the constellation of Virgo. It has a diameter of about 50,000 light-years. This galaxy is unusual in that it has the diffuse look of a irregular dwarf galaxy and also a well defined spiral shape.

Reddish Ha regions and bluish stars are clearly visible, with a few Ha regions having a hint of a bubble shape. The most interesting aspect of this image to me is the crisp bar at the center, 10,000 light years long. This whitish core is sharply defined and has numerous small bright areas within, described in the Cambridge Atlas of Galaxies as "HII regions arranged like pearls on a string along the entire bar".

Numerous tiny galaxies are visible in the background, including the thin galaxy ESO 576-26 at upper left.

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RA (center)	13h18m55s.370
RA (top/left)	13h18m31s.802
RA (top/right)	13h20m22s.750
RA (bottom/right)	13h19m18s.172
RA (bottom/left)	13h17m27s.272

Dec (center)	-21°02′16″.27
Dec (top/left)	-21°22′10″.24
Dec (top/right)	-20°59′49″.80
Dec (bottom/right)	-20°42′22″.14
Dec (bottom/left)	-21°04′40″.36

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