NGC 6041

Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hercules

NGC 6041

Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041.

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation| Hercules
Right ascension|  16h 04m 35.8s[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]

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]

## See also

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6041. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)". http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/devatlas/NGC_6042______R___________.html.
3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6041A&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.
4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6041". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6041.
5. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6041A.
6. ↑ "NGC 6041". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC 6041.
7. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60.htm#6041.

## External links

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

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