NGC 6027

NGC 6027
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027.
Observation data
Constellation	Serpens
Right ascension	15^h 59^m 12.5^s^[1]
Declination	+20° 45′ 48″^[1]
Redshift	4447 ± 11 km/s^[1]
Distance	~190M ly
Type	S0 pec.^[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)	0′.4 × 0′.2^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.7^[1]
Other designations
UGC 10116 NED01,^[1] PGC 56575^[1]

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]

External links

NGC 6027 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
↑ "Seyfert's Sextet at SEDS.org". Retrieved 2007-04-06.

Coordinates: 15^h 59^m 12.5^s, +20° 45′ 48″

Astronomical catalogs

NGC	NGC 6022 NGC 6023 NGC 6024 NGC 6025 NGC 6026 NGC 6027 NGC 6028 NGC 6029 NGC 6030 NGC 6031 NGC 6032

PGC	PGC 56571 PGC 56572 PGC 56573 PGC 56574 PGC 56575 PGC 56576 PGC 56577 PGC 56578 PGC 56579

UGC	UGC 10112 UGC 10113 UGC 10114 UGC 10115 UGC 10116 UGC 10117 UGC 10118 UGC 10119 UGC 10120

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NGC 6027

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