Ngc 6061

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hercules

NGC 6061
SDSS image of NGC 6061.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16^h 06^m 16.0^s^[1]
Declination	18° 15′ 00″^[1]
Redshift	0.036839^[1]
Helio radial velocity	11044 km/s^[1]
Distance	151 Mpc (492 Mly)^[1]
Group or cluster	Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.4^[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0^-^[1]
Size	~180,000 ly (54 kpc)^[1] (estimated)^[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.98 x 0.81^[1]
Other designations
CGCG 108-145, MCG 3-41-118, PGC 57137, UGC 10199^[1]

NGC 6061 is a lenticular galaxy with radio activity located about 490 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Hercules.^[3] The galaxy is classified as a head-tail radio galaxy^[2] and was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 8, 1886.^[4]^[5] NGC 6061 is a member of the Hercules Cluster.^[6]^[7]

See also

List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

References

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6061. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6061&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6061". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6061.
↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60a.htm#6061.
↑ Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. p. 643. ISBN 978-1-139-49010-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA643.
↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6061.
↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/fG.cgi?n=a104&o=NGC6061.

External links

NGC 6061 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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