NGC 6285 is an interacting spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is classified as S0-a in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift in 1886.[3] NGC 6285 is located at about 262 million light years away from Earth. NGC 6285 and NGC 6286 form a pair of interacting galaxies, with tidal distortions, categorized as Arp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies[1][2][4]
| NGC 6285 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 6285 (below) and NGC 6286 (above) as seen through the 0.81 m Schulman Telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 16h 58m 24.0s[1] |
| Declination | +58° 57′ 21″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.018983±0.000160[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5691±48 km/s[1] |
| Galactocentric velocity | 5880±49 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 262 million light years (80.2 million parsecs) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.6[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-a |
| Size | 91,000 light years |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.20′ × 0.7′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG 10-24-81, ZWG 299.37, ARP 293, PGC 59344 and KAZ 111 | |
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/ | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f "Object No. 1 – NGC 6285". NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6285". Seds. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "NGC 6285 (= PGC 59344, and with NGC 6286 = Arp 293)". cseligman. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "NGC 6286 & NGC 6285". PBase. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
External links
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Media related to NGC 6285 at Wikimedia Commons
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