NGC 6086

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| image = 250px

| caption = NGC 6086 (below, center) and NGC 6085

| credit = Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

| name = NGC 6086

| type = E{{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}}

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|16|12|35.4}}

| dec = {{DEC|+29|29|02}}

| dist_ly = {{cvt|141.73|±|9.93|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z = 0.03185

| h_radial_v = 9549 km/s{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%206086&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 6086 (NGC 6086)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-24}}

| appmag_v = 12.7{{cite book|last=Aranda|first=Ted|title=3,000 Deep-Sky Objects: An Annotated Catalogue|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|location=New York, New York|date=2011|series=The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series|page=556|isbn=978-1-4419-9419-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gc9oXfN3xYAC&pg=PA556}}

| size_v =

| constellation name = Corona Borealis

| radius_ly =

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=10270|MCG=+05-38-035|PGC=57482}}

}}

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.{{cite journal |last1=McConnell|first1=Nicholas J. |last2=Ma|first2=Chung-Pei |authorlink2=Chung-Pei Ma|date=2011|title=The Black Hole Mass in the Brightest Cluster Galaxy NGC 6086|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=728|issue=2 |pages=100|doi=10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/100|last3=Graham |first3=James R. |last4=Gebhardt |first4=Karl |last5=Lauer |first5=Tod R. |last6=Wright |first6=Shelley A. |last7=Richstone |first7=Douglas O. |arxiv = 1009.0750 |bibcode = 2011ApJ...728..100M |s2cid=119192948 }} In 2010, a supermassive black hole was discovered in NGC 6086.{{cite journal |arxiv= 1009.0750 |title= The Black Hole Mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxy NGC 6086|last1= McConnell|first1= Nicholas J.|last2= Ma|first2= Chung-Pei|last3= Graham|first3= James R.|last4= Gebhardt|first4= Karl|last5= Lauer|first5= Tod R.|last6= Wright|first6= Shelley A.|last7= Richstone|first7= Douglas O.|date= 2010|doi=10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/100|volume=728|issue= 2|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|page=100|bibcode=2011ApJ...728..100M|s2cid= 119192948}}