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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Draco}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name               = NGC 6286
| image              = N6286s-crop.png
| image_size         = 250px
| caption            = NGC 6286 (above) and [[Astronomy:NGC 6285|NGC 6285]] (below) as seen through the  0.81&nbsp;m Schulman Telescope at [[Astronomy:Mount Lemmon Observatory|Mount Lemmon Observatory]].
| epoch              = [[Astronomy:J2000|J2000]]
| pronounce          =
| constellation name = [[Astronomy:Draco (constellation)|Draco]]
| ra                 = {{RA|16|58|31.4}} <!-- or {{Deg2HMS|000.0000|sup=yes}} -->
| dec                = {{DEC|+58|56|11}}
| z                  = {{val|0.018349|0.000053}}
| h_radial_v         = {{val|5501|16|u=km/s}}
| gal_v              = {{val|5689|18|u=km/s}}
| dist_ly            = 252 million [[Light year|light year]]s (77.5 million [[Astronomy:Parsec|parsec]]s)
| group_cluster      = 
| type               = Sb/P
| mass               = <!-- In solar masses --> <!--{{Val|0|e=0}}--> 
| mass_light_ratio   = <!-- In solar units  -->
| size               = 96,000 [[Light year|light year]]s
| stars              = 
| appmag_v           = 12.05
| absmag_v           = −22.36
| size_v             = 1.30{{prime}} × 1.2{{prime}}
| notes              = 
| names              = 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 an interacting [[Spiral galaxy|spiral galaxy]] located in the constellation [[Astronomy:Draco (constellation)|Draco]]. It is designated as '''Sb/P''' in the [[Astronomy:Galaxy morphological classification|galaxy morphological classification scheme]] and was discovered by the American astronomer [[Biography:Lewis A. Swift|Lewis A. Swift]] on 13 August 1885. NGC 6286 is located at about 252 million [[Light year|light year]]s away from Earth. NGC 6286 and [[Astronomy:NGC 6285|NGC 6285]] form a pair of [[Astronomy:Interacting galaxies|interacting galaxies]], with tidal distortions, categorized as [[Astronomy:Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies#Galaxies with wind effects|Arp 293]] in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.<ref name="NASA/IPAC">{{cite web|title=Object No. 1 – NGC 6286|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6286&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|publisher=NASA/IPAC|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Seds>{{cite web|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6286|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6286|website=Seds|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|title=NGC 6286 (= PGC 59352, and with NGC 6285 = Arp 293)|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc62a.htm#6286|website=cseligman|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=PBase>{{cite web|title=NGC 6286 & NGC 6285|url=http://www.pbase.com/jshuder/image/153825917|website=PBase|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
A Close Relationship NGC 6286.tif|NGC 6286 and NGC 6285 are named Arp 293.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Close Relationship |url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1947a/ |website=www.spacetelescope.org |access-date=25 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> 
N6286s.jpg|An uncropped version of the image showing the interacting galaxies and UGC 10641, a flat galaxy at the top left area.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Astronomy:List of NGC objects (6001–7000)|List of NGC objects (6001–7000)]]
* [[Astronomy:List of NGC objects|List of NGC objects]]

== References ==
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== External links ==


{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 6286}}
[[Category:UGC objects|10647]]
[[Category:Spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Draco (constellation)]]
[[Category:NGC objects|6286]]
[[Category:Interacting galaxies]]
[[Category:Luminous infrared galaxies]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|59352]]
[[Category:Arp objects|293]]



{{Sourceattribution|NGC 6286}}