Right ascension 16 58 31.4 Distance (comoving) 77.5 million parsecs Constellation Draco | Declination +58° 56′ 11″ Magnitude 12.05 Apparent magnitude (V) 12.05 | |
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Redshift 6998183490000000000♠0.018349±0.000053 Helio radial velocity 7006550100000000000♠5501±16 km/s Galactocentric velocity 7006568900000000000♠5689±18 km/s People also search for NGC 6285, NGC 6290, NGC 6289 | ||
NGC 6286 is an interacting 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 252 million light years away from Earth. NGC 6286 and NGC 6285 form a pair of interacting galaxies, with tidal distortions, categorized as Arp 293 in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
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