NGC 6053

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NGC 6053
SDSS NGC 6053.jpg
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]

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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.


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