| NGC 6053 | |
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 SDSS image of NGC 6053. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| 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 orcluster | 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 anelliptical galaxy located about 450 millionlight-years away[2] in the constellationHercules.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomerLewis Swift on June 8, 1886[4][5] and is member of theHercules Cluster.[6][7]
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