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M 68

Globular cluster · Hydra

M 68

Also known as NGC 4590

Messier 68

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Hydra
Position (J2000): 12h 39m 28s · −26° 44′ 35″
Discovered: by Charles Messier in 1780

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 7.96; visual
Size: 6.6′
Distance: ~33,000 ly
Best months: Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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