NGC 6053

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Hercules}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 6053

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 6053.

| epoch = J2000

| type = E{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6053

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2018-08-27}}

| ra = {{RA|16|05|39.6}}

| dec = {{DEC|18|09|52}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|137|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| group_cluster = Hercules Cluster

| h_radial_v = 10595 km/s

| z = 0.035341

| appmag_v = 15.3

| size_v = 0.59 x 0.56

| constellation name = Hercules

| names = NGC 6057, CGCG 108-130, DRCG 34-120, MCG 3-41-106, NPM1G +18.0472, PGC 57090

|size=~{{convert|29|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 6053 is an elliptical galaxy located about 450 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6053&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-08-28}} in the constellation Hercules.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6053|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6053|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-08-28}} The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 8, 1886{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60a.htm#6053|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-28}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA643|title=Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue|last=Steinicke|first=Wolfgang|date=2010-08-19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49010-8|page=643}} and is member of the Hercules Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6053|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-08-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/fG.cgi?n=a104&o=NGC6057|title=Hierarchy catalogue|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2018-08-28}}