NGC 6055 | |
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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] |
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]