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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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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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