Galaxy group · constellation Her
NGC 6040
NGC 6040PGC 56932UGC 10165
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 16h 04m 26.6s
- Declination
- +17° 44' 42"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 26.4″
- Position angle
- 47°
- Magnitude
- 14.6 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.83 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SABc
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Called 'NGC 6039' in VV and Arp. Called 'IC 1170' in MCG.
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