NGC 6485
Galaxy NGC 6485 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
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 |
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 .