NGC 6055

NGC 6055 is a barred[2] lenticular galaxy located about 450 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Hercules.[4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 8, 1886.[5][6] It also a member of the Hercules Cluster[7][8] and is a LINER galaxy.[9]

NGC 6055
SDSS image of NGC 6055.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16^h 05^m 32.5^s[1]
Declination	18° 09′ 34″[1]
Redshift	0.037773[1]
Helio radial velocity	11324 km/s[1]
Distance	137 Mpc (447 Mly)[1]
Group or cluster	Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.7[1]
Characteristics
Type	(R)SAB0^+[1]
Size	~160,000 ly (48 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.0 x 0.6[1]
Other designations
CGCG 108-123, MCG 3-41-101, PGC 57076, UGC 10191[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6055. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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 6055". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
5. "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.
9. "NGC 6055". Retrieved 2018-08-30.

External links

• NGC 6055 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images