NGC 6047

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NGC 6047
SDSS NGC 6047.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 6047.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 16h 05m 09.0s [1]
Declination 17° 43′ 48″ [1]
Redshift 0.031262 [1]
Helio radial velocity 9,372 km/s [1]
Distance 131.4  Mpc (429  Mly) [1]
Group or cluster Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.55 [1]
Characteristics
Type E+, cD [1]
Size~170  kly (52  kpc) [1] (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1′.1 x 0′.8 [1]
Notable featuresradio jet
Other designations
CGCG 108-111, DRCG 34-62, 4C +17.66, PKS 1602+178, MCG +3-41-87, PGC 57033 [1]

NGC 6047 is an elliptical galaxy located about 430 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hercules. [3] It was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. [4] NGC 6047 is a member of the Hercules Cluster. [5] [6] [7]

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NGC 6047 has a peculiar morphology [5] [8] [9] which suggests it has undergone a recent merger. [6] [7] [10] It may be interacting with NGC 6045 which lies around ~320,000  ly (97  kpc ) away. [8] NGC 6047 has two radio jets [6] [7] and is classified as a FR I radio galaxy. [9] The jets appear to have a Z-shaped structure. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6047. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6047". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. 1 2 3 Feretti, L.; Giovannini, G. (February 1988). "NGC 6047 - Radio source interaction with the environment". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 191: 21. Bibcode:1988A&A...191...21F. ISSN   0004-6361.
  6. 1 2 3 Liuzzo, E.; Giovannini, G.; Giroletti, M.; Taylor, G. B. (June 2010). "Parsec-scale properties of brightest cluster galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 516: A1. arXiv: 1002.1380 . Bibcode:2010A&A...516A...1L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913888. ISSN   0004-6361. S2CID   14536396.
  7. 1 2 3 Liuzzo, E.; Giovannini, G.; Giroletti, M. (March 2011). "Nuclear properties of Brightest Cluster Galaxies: results and new observations for two peculiar cases". arXiv: 1103.0450 [astro-ph.CO].
  8. 1 2 Huang, Zhenping; Sarazin, Craig L. (April 1996). "A High-Resolution ROSAT X-Ray Study of the Hercules Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 461: 622. Bibcode:1996ApJ...461..622H. doi:10.1086/177090. ISSN   0004-637X.
  9. 1 2 Heckman, T. M.; Smith, Eric P.; Baum, Stefi A.; van Breugel, W. J. M.; Miley, G. K.; Illingworth, G. D.; Bothun, G. D.; Balick, B. (December 15, 1986). "Galaxy collisions and mergers - The genesis of very powerful radio sources?". The Astrophysical Journal. 311: 526–547. Bibcode:1986ApJ...311..526H. doi:10.1086/164793. ISSN   0004-637X.
  10. ↑ Dickey, John M. (June 1997). "A VLA Survey of the Hercules Cluster.I.The HI Data". The Astronomical Journal. 113: 1939. Bibcode:1997AJ....113.1939D. doi:10.1086/118408. ISSN   0004-6256.
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