| NGC 6027a | |
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 AHubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027a. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| 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 aspiral galaxy that is part ofSeyfert's Sextet, a compactgroup of galaxies, which is located in theconstellationSerpens. In optical wavelengths, it has a strong resemblance to Messier 104, theSombrero Galaxy, with which it shares a near equivalent orientation to observers on Earth.
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