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M 68

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Right ascension: 12h 39m 27.98s
Declination: −26° 44′ 38.6″
Galactic l, b: 299.63, 36.05
Magnitude V: 7.96
Parallax: 0.113 mas
Redshift z: -0.00031083
Radial velocity: -93.2 km/s
Proper motion: -2.75, 1.78 mas/yr
Angular size: 12′ × 12′

Also known as

8 identifiers

C 1236-264CD-26 9257GCl 20GCRV 7606HD 110032M 68NGC 4590[KPS2012] MWSC 2059

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 4590 WALK V48	SXPheV*	2.614″	17.27
Cl* NGC 4590 WALK V39	SXPheV*	2.614″	18.05
Cl* NGC 4590 SAW V12	RRLyrae	14.08″	15.56
Cl* NGC 4590 SAW V44	RRLyrae	20.14″	15.67
Cl* NGC 4590 WALK 236	RGB*	22.72″	14.93
Cl* NGC 4590 WALK 350	RGB*	24.78″	13.18
Cl* NGC 4590 WALK 316	RGB*	26.59″	15.93
Cl* NGC 4590 VO V37	RRLyrae	29.59″	15.64
Cl* NGC 4590 S V10	RRLyrae	31.37″	15.71
Cl* NGC 4590 VO V38	RRLyrae	38.67″	15.63
Cl* NGC 4590 SAW V46	RRLyrae	42.23″	15.64

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-68 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.