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NGC6085
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:12:35.1
Declination: +29:21:56
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F, S
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6085
18" (7/28/03): fairly faint, moderately large, roundish, ~0.9' diameter, well concentrated with a suddenly brighter 20" core. The halo appears elongated or irregular at times, but the orientation is difficult to pin down. Located 1.9' W of a mag 11 star. This galaxy is the second brightest of 9 galaxies viewed in AGC 2162 and similar NGC 6086 is located 7' N.
17.5" (5/30/92): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, almost even surface brightness. Forms a similar pair with NGC 6086 7.2' N. These are the two brightest members of AGC 2162.