NGC 6027
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NGC 6027 | |
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. |
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Observation data | |
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Constellation | Serpens |
Right ascension | 15h 59m 12.5s[1] |
Declination | +20° 45′ 48″[1] |
Redshift | 4447 ± 11 km/s[1] |
Distance | ~190 |
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] | |
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies |
NGC 6027 is a Lenticular galaxy that is the brightest member of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies. Edouard Stephan discovered the galaxy in 1882.[2]
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[edit] External links
- The NGC 6027 on the WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, IRAS, Hidrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map