NGC 6043
| Galaxy NGC 6043 |
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![NGC 6043 with LEDA 1541265, NGC 6045 (lu), LEDA 1540505 & LEDA 1540509 (u) [1] SDSS holder](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6043_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6043 with LEDA 1541265, NGC 6045 (lu), LEDA 1540505 & LEDA 1540509 (u) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 01.2 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 46 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ - |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Hercules super cluster (Abell 2151?) WBL 607 |
| Redshift | 0.032856 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (9850 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(445 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (136.3 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6043 • PGC 57019 • CGCG 108-109 • MCG + 03-41-086 • GIN 497 | |
NGC 6043 is a 14.4 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 445 million light years from the Milky Way and around 95,000 light years in diameter. It belongs to the Hercules supercluster and, together with the non-NGC object PGC 1541265 (also NGC 6043B ), forms a gravitationally bound double galaxy.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6045 , NGC 6047 , IC 1172 , IC 1179 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 27, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6043. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6043. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6043. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).
- Spectrum .de: Labeled surrounding image