| NGC 6285 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 6285 (below) andNGC 6286 (above) as seen through the 0.81 m Schulman Telescope atMount Lemmon Observatory. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| 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 millionlight years (80.2 millionparsecs) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.6[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-a |
| Size | 91,000light 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/ | |
NGC 6285 is an interactingspiral galaxy located in the constellationDraco. It is classified as S0-a in thegalaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomerLewis A. Swift in 1886.[3] NGC 6285 is located at about 262 millionlight years away from Earth. NGC 6285 and NGC 6286 form a pair ofinteracting galaxies, with tidal distortions, categorized asArp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.[1][2][4]
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