NGC 6027b
NGC 6027b is an interacting lenticular galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies currently in the process of colliding and merging, which is located in the constellation Serpens.
NGC 6027b | |
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A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027b. | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Serpens |
Right ascension | 15h 59m 10.8s[1] |
Declination | +20° 45′ 43″[1] |
Redshift | 4053 ± 8 km/s[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.3[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0 pec[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0′.4 × 0′.2[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 10116 NED03,[1] PGC 56584[1] |
References
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027b. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
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