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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = NGC 5068
| image = [[File:NGC 5068 PanS.jpg|250px]]
| caption = [[Pan-STARRS]] image of NGC 5068
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = SB(s)d<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 5068
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5068&img_stamp=yes&extend=no
  | access-date=2006-11-22 }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|13|18|54.8}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|-21|02|21}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = [[1 E22 m|22]] [[light-year|Mly]] (6.8 [[parsec|Mpc]])<ref name="NSOG" />
| z = 0.002228<ref name=ned/>
| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|668 ± 3 [[Metre per second|km/s]]}}<ref name=ned/>
| appmag_v = 10.5<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 7.2{{prime}} × 6.3{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]
| notes = 
| names = [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 46400<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 5068''' is a face-on [[field galaxy|field]] [[barred spiral galaxy|barred]] [[spiral galaxy|spiral]] [[galaxy]] in the [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo constellation]]. NGC 5068 is located approximately 22 million [[light-year]]s away and has a diameter that exceeds 45000 light-years.<ref name="NSOG">{{cite book 
 |last= Kepple
 |first= George Robert
 |author2=Glen W. Sanner
  |title= The Night Sky Observer's Guide
  |volume= 2
 |publisher= Willmann-Bell, Inc.
 |date= 1998
 |isbn= 978-0-943396-60-6
 |pages=464–465
}}</ref><ref name=1979A&A....74..235M>{{Cite journal |title= The structure of nearby groups of galaxies - Quantitative membership probabilities |author= Materne, J. |date= April 1979 |journal= Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume= 74 |number= 2 |pages= 235–243 |bibcode= 1979A&A....74..235M }}</ref>

Although no [[supernova]]e 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).<ref>[https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020hat Transient Name Server entry for AT 2020hat.] Retrieved 10 November  2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5068}}
[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Field galaxies]]
[[Category:Virgo (constellation)]]
[[Category:NGC objects|5068]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|46400]]


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