NGC 6027b

NGC 6027b
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027b.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSerpens
Right ascension15h 59m 10.8s[1]
Declination+20° 45′ 43″[1]
Redshift4053 ± 8 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.3[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0 pec[1]
Apparent size (V)0′.4 × 0′.2[1]
Other designations
UGC 10116 NED03,[1] PGC 56584[1]

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027b. Retrieved 2007-04-16.


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