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NGC 6042

GtowardsGroup SIMBAD GiG 43 papers

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Right ascension: 16h 04m 39.56s
Declination: +17° 42′ 02.9″
Galactic l, b: 31.455, 44.64
Redshift z: 0.03561
Radial velocity: 10,486 km/s
Angular size: 0.9347′ × 0.778′

Also known as

18 identifiers

2MASX J16043953+1742032[BO85] Herc 10[D80] ACO 2151 63Gaia DR3 1199929788520874752GIN 496LEDA 56972NFP J160439.6+174203NGC 6042SDSS J160439.56+174203.0UZC J160439.6+174203Z 108-104Z 1602.4+1750[BDS93] 44[BDS93] 46[FBD2002] ACO 2151 f1MCG+03-41-079[MGT95] a-57[WCB96] ACO 2151 B

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
SDSS J160438.74+174102.7	QSO	61.33″	—
NGC 6041C	GtowardsCl	83.54″	—
NGC 6041B	GinPair	88.98″	—
UGC 10170	GroupG	91.44″	—
NGC 6041A	BrightestCG	92.02″	—
IC 1170	GtowardsCl	134.8″	—
2MASX J16044282+1738191	GtowardsCl	228.7″	—
NGC 6039	Galaxy	236.5″	—
NGC 6040A	LINER	238.2″	—
2MASX J16042883+1738551	GtowardsCl	242.4″	—
2MASX J16044898+1738391	GtowardsCl	244.5″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6042 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.