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NGC 6027e

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NGC 6027e
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027e.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSerpens
Right ascension15h 59m 14.5s[1]
Declination+20° 45′ 57″[1]
Redshift4095 ± 41 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)16.7[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB: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.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027e. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  2. ^ "HubbleSite Newscenter". Results for NGC 6027. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
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