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NGC 6027

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Right ascension
  
15 59 12.5

Redshift
  
4447 ± 11 km/s

Type
  
S0 pec.

Magnitude
  
14.7

Constellation
  
Serpens

Discoverer
  
Édouard Stephan

Declination
  
+20° 45′ 48″

Distance
  
~190M ly

Apparent size (V)
  
0′.4 × 0′.2

Discovered
  
1882

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
14.7

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Similar
  
Édouard Stephan discoveries, Other celestial objects

NGC 6027 is a lenticular galaxy that is the brightest member of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies. Édouard Stephan discovered the galaxy in 1882.

References

NGC 6027 Wikipedia