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)
ConstellationHercules
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 clusterHercules 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]

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References

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  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.
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