NGC 6041

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NGC 6041
SDSS NGC 6041.jpeg
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]
Heliocentric 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6041. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)". The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies. Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6041". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  6. ↑ "NGC 6041" . Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  7. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.


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