NGC 6061

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]

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]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6061. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6061". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
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.
6. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
7. "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-09-01.

External links

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