NGC 6027

NGC 6027 is a lenticular galaxy that is the brightest member of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies. Édouard Stephan discovered the galaxy in 1882.[2]

NGC 6027
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027.
Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.
Observation data
ConstellationSerpens
Right ascension15h 59m 12.5s[1]
Declination+20° 45 48[1]
Redshift4447 ± 11 km/s[1]
Distance~190M ly
Apparent magnitude (V)14.7[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0 pec.[1]
Apparent size (V)0′.4 × 0′.2[1]
Other designations
UGC 10116 NED01,[1] PGC 56575[1]

See also

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  2. "Seyfert's Sextet at SEDS.org". Archived from the original on 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2007-04-06.


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