From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 6054
SDSS image of NGC 6054.
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension16h 05m 38.1s [1]
Declination17° 46′ 04″ [1]
Redshift0.034010 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity10196 km/s [1]
Distance140  Mpc (457  Mly) [1]
Group or cluster Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)15.1 [1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB0^- [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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6054. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. ^ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  3. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  4. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6054". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ^ a b c "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  8. ^ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-30.

External links