NGC 6027a explained

NGC 6027a
Credit:HST/NASA/ESA.
Epoch:J2000
Type:Sa pec
Ra:[1]
Z:4560 ± 8 km/s
Appmag V:14.9
Size V:0.5 × 0.4
Constellation Name:Serpens
Names:UGC 10116 NED02, PGC 56576

NGC 6027a is a spiral galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens. In optical wavelengths, it has a strong resemblance to Messier 104, the Sombrero Galaxy, with which it shares a near equivalent orientation to observers on Earth.

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  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 6027a . 2007-04-08.