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NGC 5668
Virgo
Penryn, California
May 2007/09/10
M 250 @ f 9.3 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 10 minute subs  (additional lum May 2009/10)

NGC 5668 is type Scd-R a at red shift distance of 73 Mly. 

Schulman, et.al., found high velocity clouds similar to the high velocity clouds in our own galaxy.  "Two components of high-velocity gas are present in NGC~5668; one may be from an accretion event, while the other is visible due to the increased H I velocity dispersion throughout the optical disk and may be galactic fountain gas." (Schulman, et.al. 1996)

Supernova 1954 and 2004.