NGC 6039

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Hercules}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 6039

| image = NGC 6039.png

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of the giant galaxy NGC 6039. The halo of NGC 6041 can be seen at the top right corner of the image.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA0-{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6039

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2018-01-09}}

| ra = {{RA|16|04|39.6}}

| dec = {{DEC|+17|42|03}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|143|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| group_cluster = Hercules Cluster

| h_radial_v = 10455 km/s

| z = 0.034874

| appmag_v = 14.9

| size_v = 0.9 x 0.7

| constellation name = Hercules

| names = NGC 6042, CGCG 108-104, DRCG 34-63, MCG 3-41-79, PGC 56972

|size=~{{convert|36.50|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 6039 is a massive lenticular galaxy located about 460 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6039&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-01-11}} in the constellation Hercules.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6039|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6039|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-01-11}} NGC 6039 was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870 and later rediscovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60.htm#6039|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-11}} NGC 6039 is member of the Hercules Cluster,{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6039|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-01-11}}{{Cite web|url=http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/devatlas/NGC_6042______R___________.html|title=NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)|website=The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies|access-date=2018-01-11|archive-date=2019-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302231511/http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/devatlas/NGC_6042______R___________.html|url-status=dead}} which is part of the CfA2 Great Wall.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept01/Bahcall2/Bahcall9_2.html|title=Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-01-12}}