NGC 6027 explained

NGC 6027
Credit:	HST/NASA/ESA.
Epoch:	J2000
Ra:	^[1]
Constellation Name:	Serpens
Z:	4447 ± 11 km/s
Dist Ly:	~190 Mly
Type:	S0 pec.
Appmag V:	14.7
Size V:	0′.4 × 0′.2
Names:	UGC 10116 NED01, PGC 56575

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

See also

• NGC 6027a
• NGC 6027b
• NGC 6027c
• NGC 6027d
• NGC 6027e
• Seyfert's Sextet

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 6027 . 2007-04-06.
2. Web site: Seyfert's Sextet at SEDS.org . 2007-04-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070227143018/http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/Misc/seyfert6.html . 2007-02-27.