NGC 6057

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Galaxy
NGC 6053 / NGC 6057
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NGC 6053 & NGC 6055 with LEDA 1552027 (o) & LEDA 1552196 (or) [1] SDSS recording
NGC 6053 & NGC 6055 with LEDA 1552027 (o) & LEDA 1552196 (or) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 05 m 39.6 s
declination + 18 ° 09 ′ 52 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E2  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 2151
WBL 607  
Redshift 0.035341 ± 0.000053  
Radial velocity (10,595 ± 16) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(478 ± 34)  ·  10 6  ly
(146.5 ± 10.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date June 6, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  6057 • 6053 • PGC  57090 • CGCG  108-130 • MCG  + 03-41-106 • 2MASX  J16053963 + 1809518 • GALEX ASC J160539.65 + 180951.5 • USGC U741 NED16

NGC 6053 = NGC 6057 is a 14.7  mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 478 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 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 6055 , IC 1177 , IC 1189 , IC 1190 .

The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 6, 1886 . Due to an oversight while observing NGC 6055 two days later, Swift again noted a new discovery that led to a second entry in the catalog under NGC 6053 . NGC 6057 is used by the database Simbad the galaxy PGC 57090 assigned by Seligman Curtney the galaxy PGC 57076 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d SEDS : NGC 6053
  4. ↑ Seligman