NGC 6055

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NGC 6055
NGC6055 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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]
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]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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.


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