NGC 6027
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NGC 6027 is a Lenticular galaxy
that is the brightest member of Seyfert's Sextet
, a compact group of galaxies. Edouard Stephan discovered the galaxy in 1882.
Lenticular galaxy
A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy which is intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes. Lenticular galaxies are disk galaxies which have used up or lost most of their interstellar matter and therefore have very little ongoing...
that is the brightest member of Seyfert's Sextet
Seyfert's Sextet
Seyfert's Sextet is a group of galaxies about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens Caput. The group appears to contain six members, but one of the galaxies is a background object and another "galaxy" is actually a separated part of one of the other galaxies. The gravitational...
, a compact group of galaxies. Edouard Stephan discovered the galaxy in 1882.
See also
- NGC 6027aNGC 6027aNGC 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...
- NGC 6027bNGC 6027bNGC 6027b is a galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens.- See also :* NGC 6027* NGC 6027a* NGC 6027c* NGC 6027d* NGC 6027e* Seyfert's Sextet- External links :*...
- NGC 6027cNGC 6027cNGC 6027c is a galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens.- See also :* NGC 6027* NGC 6027a* NGC 6027b* NGC 6027d* NGC 6027e* Seyfert's Sextet- External links :*...
- NGC 6027dNGC 6027dNGC 6027d is a spiral galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens. NGC 6027d is not actually interacting with the other galaxies in the cluster, but is in the background and just happens to be in the same line of sight.- See...
- NGC 6027eNGC 6027eNGC 6027e is a tidal trail of NGC 6027 that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens.-See also:* NGC 6027* NGC 6027a* NGC 6027b* NGC 6027c* NGC 6027d* Seyfert's Sextet-External links:*...
- Seyfert's SextetSeyfert's SextetSeyfert's Sextet is a group of galaxies about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens Caput. The group appears to contain six members, but one of the galaxies is a background object and another "galaxy" is actually a separated part of one of the other galaxies. The gravitational...