NGC 6054
| Galaxy NGC 6054 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 38.1 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 46 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Hercules super cluster Abell 2151 WBL 607 |
| Redshift | 0.034010 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | (10,196 ± 31) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(460 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (141 ± 9.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6054 • IC 1183 • UGC 10192 N01 • PGC 57086 • CGCG 108-128 • MCG + 03-41-103 • 2MASX J16053813 + 1746048 • VV 220 • NSA 99084 | |
NGC 6054 = IC 1183 is a 14.3 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 460 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6045 , NGC 6050 , IC 1182 , IC 1185 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 27, 1886 . Due to a different description, Guillaume Bigourdan's observation on June 1, 1888 under IC 1183 led to an entry in the index catalog .
Web links
- IC 1183. SIMBAD , accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).
- NGC 6054. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6054. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).
- Spectrum .de: Labeled surrounding image
Remarks
- ↑ a b SIMBAD is the only modern catalog under NGC 6054 that refers to the position of PGC 57073 and also indicates IC 1184 .