NGC 6085

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Galaxy
NGC 6085
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Northern crown
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 12 m 35.2 s
declination + 29 ° 21 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 165 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034007 ± 0.000077  
Radial velocity (10,195 ± 23) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(461 ± 32)  ·  10 6  ly
(141.4 ± 9.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date July 2, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6085 • UGC  10269 • PGC  57486 • CGCG  167-044 • MCG  + 05-38-34 • 2MASX  J16123523 + 2921536 • GC  5810 •

NGC 6085 is a 13.5  likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Corona Borealis , an estimated 461 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 2, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 6085. SIMBAD, accessed June 1, 2016 .
  • NGC 6085. DSO Browser, accessed June 1, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6085. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 1, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6085
  3. Seligman