To the northwest is a second large patch of nebulosity, generally designated IC 5068B, though if Espin's declination was off by 1.5°, this may be IC 5067. This piece is very large and elongated NW to SE, extending perhaps 40'x15'. It contains a bright circular 10' patch to the south of a mag 8 star (SAO 50061). A broad river of faint nebulosity streams away towards the northwest from this brighter region.

To the east of IC 5068 is the least conspicuous section, dubbed IC 5068C. This detached piece extends 30'x15' (elongated E-W) and overall has a low surface brightness appearing as a hazy glow. A mag 6.7 star is at the southwest end and a mag 7 star is at the eastern edge.

Reverend Thomas Espin discovered IC 5068, along with IC 5070, visually on 7 Sep 1899 with a 17 1/4-inch reflector at his Tow Law observatory in England. He simply noted "very faint", but his position is only 6' NW of center of this very large, parallelogram-shaped nebula, so the identification is fairly certain.

Discovered by Espin (AN 3633). Described simply as "very faint". The Pelican Nebula is also announced in this short list of 6 objects. His discovery position is 1 tmin W of the Sky Catalogue 2000.0 position!

400/500mm - 18" (9/25/06): IC 5068 is the second of three very large emission nebulae roughly one degree south of the southern end of the Pelican Nebula. At 113x and an OIII filter, this object appears very large, diffuse, irregular glow, roughly 25'x20'. It is noticeably brighter in a 12' circular region about 10' N of a mag 7.3 star (HD 198690) and a group of brighter stars that are near the southeast side of the nebula.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb