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NGC 5068
Bennett 59a
ESO576-G029
RA 13:18:55
Dec -21°02.3'
Galaxy
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Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel (H
II-312) "F, L, iR, vgbM."
Tom Lorenzin: "11.6M; 6' x 5.5' extent;
fairly large, faint, not quite round fuzz ball with brighter center"
Sandage and Tammann (1975, Astrophysical
Journal, 196, 313-328) includes this galaxy in the NGC 5128 Group. Members
include NGC 4945, NGC 5068, NGC 5102, NGC 5128 & NGC 5236.
Other names: "UA345,E576-29".
Inclination: (face-on, in degrees) 22 Total photoelectric blue mag 10.7 Total
colour index .67 Logarithm of the angular diameter D25 (arcminutes) 1.86 Blue
photographic magnitude 10.39 This galaxy is included in a sample of galaxies
with velocity less than 500km/s with respect to the centroid of the Local Group.
[Nearby Galaxies. Schmidt K.-H., Priebe A., Boller T. (Astron. Nachr. 314, 371
(1993))]
Included in the CCD-atlas of Ryder S.D. &
Dopita M.A. (1993) "An H-alpha Atlas of Nearby Southern Spiral Galaxies"
Astrophys.J.Suppl. 88, 415. They note: "Here is yet another example of how
lopsided the H II region distribution in late-type spirals can be, even those
exhibiting well-organized spiral structure. A number of giant H II region
complexes to the west are visible even in blue light photographs, but only two
such objects are found in the eastern arms."
8-inch Meade, 18mm eyepiece:
This is a really faint, large roundish structure with a very dim small nucleus.
Busy extended nebulous surroundings. A few faint stars to the edge of the field.
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