NGC 6055

{{Short description|Barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hercules}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 6055

| image = NGC6055 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 6055.

| epoch = J2000

| type = (R)SAB0^+{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6055

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2018-08-30}}

| ra = {{RA|16|05|32.5}}

| dec = {{DEC|18|09|34}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|137|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| group_cluster = Hercules Cluster

| h_radial_v = 11324 km/s

| z = 0.037773

| appmag_v = 14.7

| size_v = 1.0 x 0.6

| constellation name = Hercules

| names = CGCG 108-123, MCG 3-41-101, PGC 57076, UGC 10191

|size=~{{convert|48|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 6055 is a barred{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?PGC+057076++++++++++++++++++++|title=HyperLeda -object description|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2018-08-30}} lenticular galaxy located about 450 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6055&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-08-30}} in the constellation Hercules.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6055|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6055|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-08-30}} The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 8, 1886.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60a.htm#6055|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6050 - 6099|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-28}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA643|title=Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue|last=Steinicke|first=Wolfgang|date=2010-08-19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49010-8|page=643}} It also a member of the Hercules Cluster{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6055|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-08-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/fG.cgi?n=a104&o=NGC6055|title=Hierarchy catalogue|website=leda.univ-lyon1.fr|access-date=2018-08-30}} and is a LINER galaxy.{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+6055&QueryType=ned|title=NGC 6055|access-date=2018-08-30}}