NGC 6068 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor

NGC 6068 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Minor constellation. NGC 6068 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 13.01, NGC 6068 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6068 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

J2000

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6068 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6068 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 6068.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6068 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6068 is a visual representation of it.

Morphological Classification

NGC 6068 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor is classified as Barred Spiral (Bbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6068 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Rise and Set Times

NGC 6068 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor is circumpolar and transits at 14:39 UTC (altitude: 62.6°)