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Revision as of 03:39, 12 January 2018
| NGC 6039 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 16h04m39.6sh [1] |
| Declination | +17d42m03s°[1] |
| Redshift | 0.034874[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 10455 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 143 Mpc (466 Mly)[1] |
| Group or cluster | Hercules Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.9[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA0-[1] |
| Size | ~119,000 ly (36.50 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.9 x 0.7[1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 6042, CGCG 108-104, DRCG 34-63, MCG 3-41-79, PGC 56972[1] | |
NGC 6039 is a massive lenticular galaxy located about 460 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Hercules.[3] NGC 6039 was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870 and later rediscovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886.[4] NGC 6039 is member of the Hercules Cluster,[5][6] which is part of the CfA2 Great Wall.[7]
See also
External links
- NGC 6039 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6039. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6039". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)". The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-12.