NGC 6086

NGC 6086
NGC 6086
	NGC 6086 (below, center) and NGC 6085
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Corona Borealis
Right ascension	16h 12m 35.4s
Declination	+29° 29′ 02″
Redshift	0.03185
Heliocentric radial velocity	9549 km/s
Distance	462.3 ± 32.4 Mly (141.73 ± 9.93 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.7
Characteristics
Type	E
Other designations
	UGC 10270, MCG +05-38-035, PGC 57482

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results for object NGC 6086 (NGC 6086)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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. arXiv:1009.0750. Bibcode:2011ApJ...728..100M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/100.
^ 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. arXiv:1009.0750. Bibcode:2011ApJ...728..100M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/100.

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