NGC 6039
NGC 6039 is a massive lenticular galaxy located about 460 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6039 was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870 and later rediscovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. NGC 6039 is member of the Hercules Cluster, which is part of the CfA2 Great Wall.
See also
References
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6039. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6039". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)". The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies. Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
External links
- NGC 6039 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
