NGC 6054 | |
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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] |
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]