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.
Galaxy in the constellation Serpens
NGC 6027a
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- Constellation
- Serpens
- Right ascension
- 15h 59m 11.1s
- Declination
- +20° 45′ 16″
- Redshift
- 4560 ± 8 km/s
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 14.9
- Type
- Sa pec
- Apparent size (V)
- 0.5′ × 0.4′
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