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{{Short description|Magellanic spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = UGCA 86
| image = File:UGCA 86 color cutout hst 9771 14 acs wfc f814w f606w sci.jpg
| caption = UGCA 86 as taken by [[Hubble Space Telescope]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|03|59|50.5}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for UGCA 86
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
  | access-date=2006-11-30}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+67|08|37}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Camelopardalis (constellation)|Camelopardalis]]
| z = 67 ± 4 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly ={{cvt|2.98|±|0.28|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202037993|title=KKH 22, the first dwarf spheroidal satellite of IC 342|year=2020|last1=Karachentsev|first1=Igor D.|last2=Makarova|first2=Lidia N.|last3=Brent Tully|first3=R.|last4=Anand|first4=Gagandeep S.|last5=Rizzi|first5=Luca|last6=Shaya|first6=Edward J.|last7=Afanasiev|first7=Viktor L.|s2cid=218538458|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|volume=638|pages=A111|arxiv=2005.03132|bibcode=2020A&A...638A.111K}}</ref>
| type = Im<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 13.5<ref name="ned" />
| absmag_v = &minus;17.0<ref name=Stil/>
| size_v = 5.0{{prime}} × 3.0{{prime}} <ref name="ned" />
| notes =
| names = [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 14241<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''UGCA 86''' is a [[Magellanic spiral galaxy]]. It was first thought to be part of the [[Local Group]], but after the brightest stars in the galaxy were observed, it became clear that it was located in the [[IC 342/Maffei Group]].<ref name="karachentsev2005">{{cite journal | author=I. D. Karachentsev | title=The Local Group and Other Neighboring Galaxy Groups | journal=Astronomical Journal | year=2005 | volume=129 | issue=1 | pages=178–188 | bibcode=2005AJ....129..178K | doi=10.1086/426368|arxiv = astro-ph/0410065 | s2cid=119385141 }}</ref> UGCA 86 is thought to be a [[satellite galaxy]] of [[IC 342]], however the separation between the two galaxies is over 50% larger than the distance between the Milky Way and the [[Magellanic Clouds]].<ref name=Stil>{{cite journal|title=H I Distribution and Kinematics of UGCA 86|author1=Stil, J. M.|author2=Gray, A. D.|author3=Harnett, J. I.|s2cid=6461207|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=625|issue=1|pages=130–142|date=2005|bibcode=2005ApJ...625..130S|doi=10.1086/424962|arxiv=astro-ph/0408134}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* {{WikiSky}}
{{Sky|03|59|50.5|+|67|08|37|1}}

{{Camelopardalis}}
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[[Category:Irregular galaxies]]
[[Category:IC 342/Maffei Group]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|14241]]
[[Category:UGCA objects|86]]
[[Category:Camelopardalis]]