NGC 6085

NGC 6085
NGC 6085
	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
Declination	+29° 21′ 53.68″
Redshift	0.034007
Helio radial velocity	10,195 km/s
Distance	454.99 ± 13.71 Mly (139.5 ± 4.203 Mpc)
Group or cluster	Abell 2162
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.5
Characteristics
Type	Sa
Size	226,700 ly (69,520 pc)
Apparent size (V)	1.49′ × 1.04′
Other designations
	UGC 10269, MGC+05-38-034, PGC 57486

Last updated June 06, 2023

NGC 6085 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Corona Borealis.^[4] It is classified as a LINER galaxy ^[5] and is a member of Abell 2162.^[6]

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References

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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NED results for object NGC 6085". NASA / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
↑ "NGC 6085". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
↑ 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.
↑ "NGC 6085" . Retrieved 2018-08-28.
↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-28.

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[2MASS-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.

[ned-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NED results for object NGC 6085". NASA / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 15 February 2017.

[SIMBAD-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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