NGC 6039 | |
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Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Right ascension | 16h 04m 39.6s [1] |
Declination | 17° 42′ 03″ [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]