NGC 6285
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| NGC 6285 | |
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NGC 6285 (below) and NGC 6286 (above) as seen through the 0.81 m Schulman Telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory.
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Right ascension | 16h 58m 24s |
| Declination | +58° 57′ 21″ |
| Redshift | 0.018983±0.000160 |
| Helio radial velocity | 5691±48 km/s |
| Galactocentric velocity | 5880±49 km/s |
| Type | S0-a |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 1.20′ × 0.7′ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.48 +/- 0.15 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -20.00 +/- 0.52 |
| 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/ | |
NGC 6285 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is designated as S0-a in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift in 1886. NGC 6285 is located at about 0.285Glys away from earth. NGC 6285 and NGC 6286 form a pair of interacting galaxies, with wind effect, categorized as Arp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies[1][2][3][4]
File:N6286s.jpg
An uncropped version of the image showing the interacting galaxies and UGC 10641, a flat galaxy at the top left area.
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