NGC 6041
| Galaxy NGC 6041 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 04 m 35.3 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 43 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Hercules super cluster (Abell 2151?) |
| Redshift | 0.034951 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (10478 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(473 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (144.9 ± 10.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1870 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6041 • UGC 10170 • PGC 56962 • CGCG 108-101 • MCG + 03-41-78 • VV 213 • GC 5800 • | |
NGC 6041 is a 13.4 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Hercules and about 473 million light years from the Milky Way. It belongs to the Hercules supercluster and, together with the non-NGC object PGC 56960 (also called NGC 6041B ), forms a gravitationally bound double galaxy.
The galaxy was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870 .
Web links
- NGC 6041. SIMBAD, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6041. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6041. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).