NGC 6086 [SEP] constellation
NGC 6086
NGC 6086 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Corona Borealis. It has an apparent magnitude of 12.7. A Type-cD galaxy, it is the brightest cluster galaxy in the cluster Abell 2162. In 2010, a supermassive black hole was discovered in NGC 6086.
the brightest within Caldwell Objects in the constellation Coma Berenices
- NGC 6086
- QSO 0957, the first identified gravitationally lensed object
- 3C 401
See also.
- Giant elliptical galaxy (gE)
- Giant galaxy
- Elliptical galaxy (E#)
- Lenticular galaxy (S0, SA0, SAB0, SB0, E9)
- Type-D galaxy
Further reading.
- PDF - "A Preliminary Classification of the Forms of Galaxies According to Their Stellar Population", W. W.