NGC 6027d explained

NGC 6027d
Credit:HST/NASA/ESA.
Epoch:J2000
Type:SB(s)bc
Ra:[1]
Z:19809 ± 50 km/s
Appmag V:16.5
Size V:0′.2 × 0′.2
Constellation Name:Serpens
Names:UGC 10116 NED05, PGC 56580

NGC 6027d is a barred spiral galaxy that is strictly a visual member of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens. NGC 6027d is not interacting with the other galaxies in the cluster, but is in the background and just happens to be in the same line of sight. The galaxy is nearly 700 million light years away from the interacting group and is believed to be extremely large in size.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6027d: SN 1998fe (type unknown, mag. 18).[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 6027d . 2007-04-17.
  2. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1998fe Transient Name Server entry for SN 1998fe.