NGC 5068 explained

NGC 5068
Epoch:	J2000
Type:	SB(s)d^[1]
Dist Ly:	22 Mly (6.8 Mpc)
Z:	0.002228
Appmag V:	10.5
Size V:	7.2 × 6.3
Constellation Name:	Virgo
Names:	PGC 46400

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.^{[2] [3]}

Although no supernovae 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).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 5068 . 2006-11-22 .
2. Book: Kepple , George Robert . Glen W. Sanner . The Night Sky Observer's Guide . 2 . Willmann-Bell, Inc. . 1998 . 978-0-943396-60-6 . 464–465.
3. The structure of nearby groups of galaxies - Quantitative membership probabilities . Materne, J. . April 1979 . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 74 . 2 . 235–243 . 1979A&A....74..235M .
4. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020hat Transient Name Server entry for AT 2020hat.