NGC 6044

NGC 6044 is a lenticular galaxy^[2] located about 465 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Hercules.^[4] NGC 6044 was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. It was then rediscovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on June 8, 1888.^[5] NGC 6044 is a member of the Hercules Cluster.^[6][5]

NGC 6044
SDSS image of NGC 6044.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16h 04m 59.7s[1]
Declination	17° 52′ 13″[1]
Redshift	0.033106[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	9925 km/s[1]
Distance	143 Mpc (466 Mly)[1]
Group or cluster	Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.9[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0^0[1]
Size	~100,100 ly (30.69 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.62 x 0.58[1]
Other designations
IC 1172, CGCG 108-110, DRCG 34-93, MCG 3-41-84, PGC 57015[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
• NGC 6039