NGC 6041

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]

NGC 6041
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16^h 04^m 35.8^s[1]
Declination	+17° 43′ 18″[1]
Redshift	0.035151[1]
Helio 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]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
• Messier 87
• NGC 1399
• NGC 4874
• NGC 4889

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6041. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
2. "NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)". The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies. 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.

External links

• NGC 6041 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images