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	16h 05m 32.5s[1]
Declination	18° 09′ 34″[1]
Redshift	0.037773[1]
Heliocentric 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)