NGC 6286
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NGC 6286 (above) and NGC 6285 (below) as seen through the 0.81 m Schulman Telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory.
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Right ascension | 16h 58m 31.4s |
| Declination | +58° 56′ 11″ |
| Redshift | 0.018349±0.000053 |
| Helio radial velocity | 5501±16 km/s |
| Galactocentric velocity | 5689±18 km/s |
| Type | Sb/P |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 1.30′ × 1.2′ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.05 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -22.36 |
| 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 a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is designated as Sb/P in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on 13 August 1885. NGC 6286 is located at about 0.241Glys away from Earth. NGC 6286 and NGC 6285 form a pair of interacting galaxies, with wind effect, categorized as Arp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies[1][2][3][4]
File:N6286s.jpg
An uncropped version of the image showing the interacting galaxies and UGC 10641, a flat galaxy at the top left area.
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