Astronomy:NGC 6027e
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Short description: Tidal tail of NGC 6027 in the constellation Serpens
| NGC 6027e | |
|---|---|
 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027e. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Right ascension | 15h 59m 14.5s[1] |
| Declination | +20° 45′ 57″[1] |
| Redshift | 4095 ± 41 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.7[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB:0?[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.8′ × 0.4′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 10116 NED06,[1] PGC 56579[1] | |
NGC 6027e is a tidal tail of NGC 6027,[2] not an individual galaxy, that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027e. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ↑ "HubbleSite Newscenter". Results for NGC 6027. http://hubblesite.org/. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
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