NGC 6485
| Galaxy NGC 6485 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 51 m 52.74 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 27 ′ 42.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 24 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015821 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 4743 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.5 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6485 • UGC 11014 • PGC 61013 • CGCG 171-009 • MCG + 05-42-004 • IRAS IRAS17500 + 3128 • 2MASX J17515274 + 3127422 • GC 5884 • GALEX ASC J175152.85 + 312742.8 • NVSS J175152 + 312748 | |
NGC 6485 is a 13.2 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 220 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 27, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6485. SIMBAD , accessed August 7, 2019 .
- NGC 6485. DSO Browser, accessed August 7, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6485. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 7, 2016 .