IC5068 (HII region)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 40 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , IC5068 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:21 (PDT), 57° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:03, 81° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:05, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name IC5068
Object type HII region
Other names
IC 5068[1]
LBN 328[2]
Position
Right ascension:20h50m [1]
Declination:+42°28' [1]
Constellation:Cygnus

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