Globular cluster · Hydra

M 68

Also known as NGC 4590

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Hydra

Position (J2000)

12h 39m 28s · −26° 44′ 35″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1780

Pictures

1

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.