| NGC 6286 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 6286 (above) andNGC 6285 (below) as seen through the 0.81 m Schulman Telescope atMount Lemmon Observatory. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 16h 58m 31.4s |
| Declination | +58° 56′ 11″ |
| Redshift | 0.018349±0.000053 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5501±16 km/s |
| Galactocentric velocity | 5689±18 km/s |
| Distance | 252 millionlight years (77.5 millionparsecs) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.05 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −22.36 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb/P |
| Size | 96,000light years |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.30′ × 1.2′ |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 10647, MCG 10-24-84, ZWG 299.40, PGC 59352, ARP 293, IRAS16577+5900 and PRC C-51 | |
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase,http://spider.seds.org/ | |
NGC 6286 is an interactingspiral galaxy located in the constellationDraco. It is designated asSb/P in thegalaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomerLewis A. Swift on 13 August 1885. NGC 6286 is located at about 252 millionlight years away from Earth. NGC 6286 andNGC 6285 form a pair ofinteracting galaxies, with tidal distortions, categorized asArp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.[1][2][3][4]
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