NGC 6027a | |
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A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027a. | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Serpens |
Right ascension | 15h 59m 11.1s [1] |
Declination | +20° 45′ 16″ [1] |
Redshift | 4560 ± 8 km/s [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.9 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sa pec [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.5′ × 0.4′ [1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 10116 NED02, [1] PGC 56576 [1] |
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.