NGC6053
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6053 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 67° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:27, 74° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:28, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6053
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6057
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h05m [2] |
| Declination: | +18°09' [2] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Distance: | 130.0 Mpc 423.8 Mlyr [1] |