NGC 6053

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]

NGC 6053
SDSS image of NGC 6053.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension 16h 05m 39.6s[1]
Declination18° 09′ 52″[1]
Redshift0.035341[1]
Helio radial velocity10595 km/s[1]
Distance137 Mpc (447 Mly)[1]
Group or clusterHercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)15.3[1]
Characteristics
TypeE[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]

See also

References
  1. "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. p. 643. ISBN 978-1-139-49010-8.
  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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