| 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] |
| Heliocentric 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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- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-28.