NGC 6027b

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NGC 6027b
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A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027b.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 15h 59m 10.8s [1]
Declination +20° 45 43 [1]
Redshift 4053 ± 8 km/s [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.3 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 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.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027b. Retrieved 2007-04-16.