Right ascension 16 58 24 Distance (comoving) 80.2 million parsecs | Declination +58° 57′ 21″ Constellation Draco | |
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Redshift 6998189830000000000♠0.018983±0.000160 Helio radial velocity 7006569100000000000♠5691±48 km/s Galactocentric velocity 7006588000000000000♠5880±49 km/s People also search for NGC 6286, NGC 6291, NGC 6289 | ||
NGC 6285 is an interacting spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is designated as S0-a in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift in 1886. 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
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