Astronomy:NGC 6041
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hercules
| NGC 6041 | |
|---|---|
 Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 16h 04m 35.8s[1] |
| Declination | +17° 43′ 18″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.035151[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 10538 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 145 Mpc (473 Mly)[1] |
| Group or cluster | Hercules Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.5[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E+2[2] |
| Size | ~217,300 ly (66.63 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.13 x 0.82[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 056962, UGC 10170, VV 213, MCG +03-41-078[1] | |
NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy[2] located about 470 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Hercules.[4] NGC 6041 has an extended envelope that is distorted towards the galaxy pair Arp 122.[2] NGC 6041 is the brightest galaxy (BCG) in the Hercules Cluster.[5][6] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6041. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)". http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/devatlas/NGC_6042______R___________.html.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6041A&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6041". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6041.
- ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6041A.
- ↑ "NGC 6041". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%206041.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60.htm#6041.
External links
- NGC 6041 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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