NGC 6054

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

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)