NGC5068

This image of NGC5068 is a single 10 minute exposures taken on April 28th, 2001 with my Ritchey-Chretien 12.5 inch F/7.25 telescope, with a SBIG ST-8 and the AO-7 Adaptive Optics. I put a Astrophysics .75 focal reducer on the scope before I took this image.
RA (2000)
13h, 18m, 54.6s
DEC (2000)
-21°, 02', 19"
Magnitude
9.6
Size
6.9 x 6.3 arc min
Constellation
Virgo
Other Name
MCG-03-34-046
Distance
18 Million Light Years
Radial Velocity
Unknown
Object Type
S(B)c III-IV Galaxy
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