* Astronomy

NGC 5068 (also ESO 576-29, MCG -3-34-46, UGCA 345 and PGC 46400) is a magnitude +9.8 face-on spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
In the sky, it is close to the galaxies NGC 5087 and NGC 5084.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 10th March 1785.

Right Ascension   13h 18m 54.5s, Declination -21° 02' 17"