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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.03319
Morphology
SA
Coordinates
RA 241.2487° · Dec 17.8704°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hercules
Right ascension
16 04 59.7
Declination
17 ° 52 ′ 13 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
9925 km/s
Distance
143 Mpc (466 Mly )
Group or cluster
Hercules Cluster
Type
SA0^0
Size
~100,100 ly (30.69 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.62 x 0.58

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Hercules
Distance from Earth
129.42
Image
SDSS NGC 6044.jpeg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 1199941505191077248
time of discovery or invention
1886-06-27
discoverer or inventor
Lewis A. Swift
redshift
0.03314
galaxy morphological type
-2
apparent magnitude
13.323
right ascension
241.24865878655740
declination
17.87035485147670
radial velocity
9785
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 6044
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 6044 is a lenticular galaxy located about 465 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6044 was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. It was then rediscovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on June 8, 1888. NGC 6044 is a member of the Hercules Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6044” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.