NGC 6061

Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hercules

NGC 6061

SDSS image of NGC 6061.

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation| Hercules
Right ascension|  16h 06m 16.0s[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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6061". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6061.
4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60a.htm#6061.
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6061.
7. ↑ "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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