NGC_6285

NGC 6285

NGC 6285

Galaxy in the constellation Draco

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.[3] 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[1][2][4]

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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References

  1. [1]
    "Object No. 1 – NGC 6285". NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6285". Seds. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. [3]
    "NGC 6285 (= PGC 59344, and with NGC 6286 = Arp 293)". cseligman. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. [4]
    "NGC 6286 & NGC 6285". PBase. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  • Media related to NGC 6285 at Wikimedia Commons


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