NGC 6145

NGC 6145 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. Additionally, one non-redshift measurement gives a farther distance of. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 12 May 1828.
NGC 6145 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.

Galaxy group and cluster

NGC 6145 and NGC 6147 are listed together as Holm 747 in Erik Holmberg's A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems, published in 1937. NGC 6145 is also part of the galaxy cluster known as Abell 2199.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6145:SN 2025qmk was discovered by The Young Supernova Experiment on 6 July 2025.