NGC 5468 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo.

[3] NGC 5468 is seen face-on, and the spiral pattern is open.

The two principal arms emanate from a small bar and start to branch into several thin fragments after some distance.

Three large H II regions and some fainter ones can be seen in the images of the Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies.

[5] As of 2024, NGC 5468 is the most distant galaxy in which Hubble Space Telescope has detected Cepheid variable stars, which are important milepost markers for measuring distances.