NGC 6053 | |
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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]
NGC 6053 | |
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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]