NGC 6044

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 6044

| image = SDSS NGC 6044.jpeg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 6044.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SA0^0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6044

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

| access-date=2018-01-30}}

| ra = {{RA|16|04|59.7}}

| dec = {{DEC|17|52|13}}

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

| group_cluster = Hercules Cluster

| h_radial_v = 9925 km/s

| z = 0.033106

| appmag_v = 14.9

| size_v = 0.62 x 0.58

| constellation name = Hercules

| names = IC 1172, CGCG 108-110, DRCG 34-93, MCG 3-41-84, PGC 57015

|size=~{{convert|30.69|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 6044 is a lenticular galaxy{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6044&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=2018-01-30}} located about 465 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+6044|title=NED Query Results for NGC 6044|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-30}} in the constellation Hercules.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6044|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6044|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-01-30}} NGC 6044 was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. It was then rediscovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on June 8, 1888.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60.htm#6044|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-25}} NGC 6044 is a member of the Hercules Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6044|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-01-30}}