Astronomy:NGC 6086
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Corona Borealis
| NGC 6086 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 6086 (below, center) and NGC 6085 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Corona Borealis[1] |
| Right ascension | 16h 12m 35.4s[1] |
| Declination | +29° 29′ 02″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.03185[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 9549 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 462.3 ± 32.4 Mly (141.73 ± 9.93 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.7[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 10270, MCG+05-38-035, PGC 57482[2] | |
NGC 6086 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Corona Borealis.[1] It has an apparent magnitude of 12.7.[3] A Type-cD galaxy, it is the brightest cluster galaxy in the cluster Abell 2162.[4] In 2010, a supermassive black hole was discovered in NGC 6086.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rumistrzewicz, Stefan (2010). A Visual Astronomer's Photographic Guide to the Deep Sky: A Pocket Field Guide. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-4419-7242-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhjn3DEJpyIC&pg=PA158.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Results for object NGC 6086 (NGC 6086)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%206086&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aranda, Ted (2011). 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects: An Annotated Catalogue. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 556. ISBN 978-1-4419-9419-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=gc9oXfN3xYAC&pg=PA556.
- ↑ McConnell, Nicholas J.; Ma, Chung-Pei; Graham, James R.; Gebhardt, Karl; Lauer, Tod R.; Wright, Shelley A.; Richstone, Douglas O. (2011). "The Black Hole Mass in the Brightest Cluster Galaxy NGC 6086". The Astrophysical Journal 728 (2): 100. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/100. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...728..100M.
- ↑ McConnell, Nicholas J.; Ma, Chung-Pei; Graham, James R.; Gebhardt, Karl; Lauer, Tod R.; Wright, Shelley A.; Richstone, Douglas O. (2010). "The Black Hole Mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxy NGC 6086". The Astrophysical Journal 728 (2): 100. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/100. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...728..100M.
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Coordinates: 
16h 12m 35.4s, +29° 29′ 02″
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