NGC 6053

NGC 6053
SDSS image of NGC 6053.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension16h 05m 39.6s
Declination18° 09′ 52″
Redshift0.035341
Heliocentric radial velocity10595 km/s
Distance137 Mpc (447 Mly)
Group or clusterHercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)15.3
Characteristics
TypeE
Size~95,000 ly (29 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)0.59 x 0.56
Other designations
NGC 6057, CGCG 108-130, DRCG 34-120, MCG 3-41-106, NPM1G +18.0472, PGC 57090

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

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. 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.