Astronomy:NGC 6041

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hercules
NGC 6041
SDSS NGC 6041.jpeg
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension 16h 04m 35.8s[1]
Declination+17° 43′ 18″[1]
Redshift0.035151[1]
Helio radial velocity10538 km/s [1]
Distance145 Mpc (473 Mly)[1]
Group or clusterHercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)14.5[1]
Characteristics
TypeE+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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6041". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6041. 
  5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6041A. 
  6. ↑ "NGC 6041". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%206041. 
  7. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60.htm#6041. 

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