NGC 6040
id:
ngc-6040-164-261840
title:
NGC 6040
text:
NGC 6040 is a spiral galaxy located about 550 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6040 was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870. NGC 6040 is interacting with the lenticular galaxy PGC 56942. As a result of this interaction, NGC 6040's southern spiral arm has been warped in the direction toward PGC 56942. NGC 6040 and PGC 56942 are both members of the Hercules Cluster. NGC 6040 was classified in the 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp, who li
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Hercules
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6040
date created:
2018-01-17T18:17:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T16:19:15Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16