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]
Size
226,700 ly (69,520 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)
1.49′ × 1.04′[2]
Other designations
UGC 10269, MGC+05-38-034, PGC 57486
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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]
^ abSkrutskie, 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.
^ abcdefg"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.
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