Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5350  ·  NGC 5353  ·  NGC 5354  ·  NGC 5355  ·  NGC 5358  ·  NGC 5371
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Hickson 68 and Friends, M.J. Post
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This nice collection of galaxies in Canes Venatici is about 100 M.L.Y. distant, mostly interacting.  The largest (upper left) is NGC 5390.  The baby, lower left is UGC 8841.  The tightly-bunched group of five (right center) is the Hickson group.  The merging galaxies there are NGCs 5353 and 5354;  they are listed variously as two lenticulars, one lenticular and one elliptical, and two ellipticals.

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Hickson 68 and Friends, M.J. Post