Constellation(s) Andromeda Richness class Group 0/1 | Brightest member NGC 68 | |
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Right ascension main group 00 18 30 cluster center 00 18 45 Declination main group 30° 03′ 00″ cluster center 30° 00′ 00″ Number of galaxies 40 (confirmed)
60+ (possible) | ||
The NGC 68 galaxy group is a cluster of at least 40 galaxies around the elliptical galaxy NGC 68. The main group was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel, who listed the galaxies as a single object. Later, in the 1880s, John Louis Emil Dreyer managed to discern the main galaxies and cataloged them each as NGC 68, NGC 70, and NGC 71.
Superimposed on the group is a smaller cluster around 220 mly away, which includes AGC 102760, UGC 152, and UGC 166.
References
NGC 68 group Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA