NGC 6085

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Corona Borealis}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 6085

| image = N6085s.jpg

| caption = NGC 6085 (above, left) and NGC 6086 (below, center)
Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Corona Borealis

| ra = {{RA|16|12|35.237}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+29|21|53.68}}

| z = 0.034007{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+6085&extend=no&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|title=NED results for object NGC 6085|access-date=15 February 2017|publisher=NASA / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center}}

| h_radial_v = 10,195 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|139.5|+/-|4.203|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Abell 2162

| type = Sa

| size = 225,000 ly (68.77 kpc) (estimated)

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 14.5{{cite simbad|title=NGC 6085|access-date=15 February 2017}}

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 1.49′ × 1.04′

| notes =

| names = UGC 10269, MGC+05-38-034, PGC 57486

}}

NGC 6085 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Corona Borealis.{{cite book|last=Rumistrzewicz|first=Stefan |title=A Visual Astronomer's Photographic Guide to the Deep Sky: A Pocket Field Guide|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|location=New York, New York|date=2010|page=158|isbn=978-1-4419-7242-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhjn3DEJpyIC&pg=PA158}} It has a diameter of about 225,000 light years. It is also classified as a LINER galaxy{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%206085&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id#lab_basic|title=NGC 6085|access-date=2018-08-28}} and is a member of Abell 2162.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6085|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-08-28}}