NGC 6085

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NGC 6085
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NGC 6085 (above, left) and NGC 6086 (below, center)
Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Corona Borealis
Right ascension 16h 12m 35.237s [1]
Declination +29° 21′ 53.68″ [1]
Redshift 0.034007 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 10,195 km/s [2]
Distance 454.99 ± 13.71  Mly (139.5 ± 4.203  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster Abell 2162 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.5 [3]
Characteristics
Type Sa [2]
Size225,000 ly (68.77 kpc) (estimated) [2]
Apparent size  (V)1.49′ × 1.04′ [2]
Other designations
UGC 10269, MGC+05-38-034, PGC 57486

NGC 6085 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Corona Borealis. [4] It has a diameter of about 225,000 light years. It is also classified as a LINER galaxy [5] and is a member of Abell 2162. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NED results for object NGC 6085". NASA / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "NGC 6085". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Rumistrzewicz, Stefan (2010). A Visual Astronomer's Photographic Guide to the Deep Sky: A Pocket Field Guide. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 158. ISBN   978-1-4419-7242-2.
  5. ↑ "NGC 6085" . Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-28.


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