| NGC 6027d | |
|---|---|
 NGC 6027d imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Right ascension | 15h 59m 12.9156s [1] |
| Declination | +20° 45′ 35.535″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.066089 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 19813 ± 35 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 957.5 ± 67.1 Mly (293.58 ± 20.56 Mpc) [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.5 [1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc [1] |
| Size | ~181,600 ly (55.68 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0′.2 × 0′.2 [1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 10116 NED05, MCG +04-38-009, PGC 56580, CGCG 137-010 NED05, VV 115d [1] | |
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 estimated to be about 180,000 light-years in diameter. [1]
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One supernova has been observed in NGC 6027d: SN 1998fe (type unknown, mag. 18) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search on 19 July 1998. [2] [3]
