NGC 6055
| Galaxy NGC 6055 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 32.5 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 09 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB0 + / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 2151 WBL 607 |
| Redshift | 0.037773 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (11,324 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(510 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (156.5 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6055 • UGC 10191 • PGC 57076 • CGCG 108-123 • MCG + 03-41-101 • 2MASX J16053254 + 1809348 • GALEX ASC J160532.54 + 180933.4 • USGC U741 NED20 | |
NGC 6055 is a 14.1 likes bright lenticular galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 510 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6053 , IC 1177 , IC 1189 , IC 1190 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 8, 1886 . This discovery is the database Simbad the galaxy PGC 57076 assigned by Courtney Seligman the galaxy PGC 57090 .
Web links
- NGC 6055. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6055. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6055. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).