'''NGC 6355''' is a [[globular cluster]] located in the constellation [[Ophiuchus]]. It is designated as '''GCL''' in the [[Galaxy morphological classification|galaxy morphological classification scheme]] and was discovered by the German-born British astronomer [[William Herschel]] on 24 May 1784. It is at a distance of 31,000 light years away from earth.<ref name="NASA/IPAC">{{cite web|title=Object No. 1 - NGC 6355|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6355&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|website=NASA/IPAC extragalactic database|publisher=NASA/IPAC|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Seds>{{cite web|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6355|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6355|website=Seds|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|title=NGC 6355 (= GCL 63)|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc63a.htm#6355|website=cseligman|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Seds1>{{cite web|title=NGC 6355|url=http://spider.seds.org/spider/MWGC/n6355.html|website=Seds|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=In-the-sky>{{cite web|title=The globular cluster NGC 6355|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC6355|website=In-the-sky|accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref>
