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Galaxy in the constellation Draco

NGC 6285

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NGC 6285

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Constellation: Draco
Right ascension: 16h 58m 24.0s
Declination: +58° 57′ 21″
Redshift: 0.018983±0.000160
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5691±48 km/s
Galactocentric velocity: 5880±49 km/s
Distance: 262 million light years (80.2 million parsecs)
Apparent magnitude (V): 13.6
Type: S0-a
Size: 91,000 light years
Apparent size (V): 1.20′ × 0.7′

An uncropped version of the image showing the interacting galaxies and UGC 10641, a flat galaxy at the top left area

NGC 6285 is an interacting spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is classified 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 262 million light years away from Earth. NGC 6285 and NGC 6286 form a pair of interacting galaxies, with tidal distortions, categorized as Arp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.

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