NGC 6053

NGC 6053
SDSS image of NGC 6053.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 16h 05m 39.6s[1]
Declination 18° 09′ 52″[1]
Redshift 0.035341[1]
Helio radial velocity 10595 km/s[1]
Distance 137 Mpc (447 Mly)[1]
Group or cluster Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.3[1]
Characteristics
Type E[1]
Size ~95,000 ly (29 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V) 0.59 x 0.56[1]
Other designations
NGC 6057, CGCG 108-130, DRCG 34-120, MCG 3-41-106, NPM1G +18.0472, PGC 57090[1]

NGC 6053 is an elliptical galaxy located about 450 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Hercules.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 8, 1886[4][5] and is member of the Hercules Cluster.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6053. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6053". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. ↑ Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010-08-19). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139490108.
  6. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  7. ↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.


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