NGC 6255 is a Galaxy in the Hercules constellation. NGC 6255 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 13.4, NGC 6255 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

Designation(s): NGC6255, NGC 6255 is a low surface brightness barred spiral galaxy toward the upper middle of the keystone of Hercules about 42 million light-years distant by redshift. Other measurements are all over the board ranging from 56 to 104 million light-years with a median of 68 million light-years.

NGC 6255 (NGC6255) is a galaxy that has a distance from Earth of 67,468,708.29 light years. It can be found in the constellation of Hercules.

NGC6255. other query modes : Identifier query : Coordinate query : Criteria query : Reference query : Basic query : Script submission : TAP : Output options : Object types: Help: Query : NGC6255 : Basic data : NGC 6255 -- Low Surface Brightness Galaxy The astronomical object called NGC 6255 is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy ...

NGC 6255 is a rarely imaged galaxy. The blue object near the left edge is actually another galaxy HS 1653+3634 according to SIMBAD. 52385 galaxy cluster near the center of the image is has a redshif...

Data at NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database : NGC 6255. Link by name to the catalogue in VizieR:

2020年6月14日 · NGC 6255 (UGC 10606, PGC 59244 and others) is a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy located approximately 59 million light-years away (https://iopscience.i...56/152/2/50/pdf) in Hercules. Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2 360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

NGC 6255 is a type Sbc galaxy, surface brightness is listed as mag. 15.4 and distance is 41 Mly.

NGC 6255 Low Surface Brightness Galaxy Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Hercules (Her) · Contains: NGC 6255 · PGC 2081412 · PGC 3096519 View

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Hercules (Her) · Contains: NGC 6255