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	16h 06m 16.0s[1]
Declination	18° 15′ 00″[1]
Redshift	0.036839[1]
Heliocentric 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)