NGC 6054 is a barred[2] lenticular galaxy located about 460 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Hercules.[4] It was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886.[5][6] It was then rediscovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on June 1, 1888. PGC 57073 is often misidentified as NGC 6054.[5] NGC 6054 is a member of the Hercules Cluster.[7][8][5]
| NGC 6054 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 6054. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 16h 05m 38.1s[1] |
| Declination | 17° 46′ 04″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.034010[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 10196 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 140 Mpc (457 Mly)[1] |
| Group or cluster | Hercules Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.1[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB0^-[1] |
| Size | ~129,000 ly (39.4 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.86 x 0.47[1] |
| Other designations | |
| IC 1183, CGCG 108-128, UGC 10192, MCG 3-41-103, PGC 57086[1] | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6054. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6054". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ a b c "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 2018-08-30.
- ^ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
External links
edit- NGC 6054 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- http://ngcicproject.org/NGC/NGC_60xx/NGC_6054.htm Archived 2018-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%206000%20-%206999%20(11-30-17).htm
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