Hard X{ray detection of NGC 1068 with BeppoSAX

Wereportontherstdetectionabove10keVofthe archetypalCompton{thickSeyfert2galaxyNGC1068.Thisde- tection, obtained with the PDS instrument onboard BeppoSAX in the 20{100 keV range, conrms the hardness of the X{ray spectrumaboveafewkeV(asindicatedbyASCAobservations) and supports models envisaging a mixture of both neutral and ionized reflections of an otherwise invisible nuclear continuum, theneutralreflectioncomponentbeingthedominantoneinhard X{rays.