NGC 5068

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NGC 5068 is a face-on field barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation. NGC 5068 is located approximately 22 million light-years away and has a diameter that exceeds 45000 light-years.[1][2] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 10 March 1785.[3]

Although no supernovae have been observed in NGC 5068 yet, a luminous red nova, designated ATScript error: No such module "String".2020hat (type LRN, mag. 17.8), was discovered by ATLAS on 12 April 2020.[4]

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