Lenticular galaxy · Serpens
NGC 6027 Seyfert's Sextet
mag 15.31.6′ across
About
NGC 6027, the Seyfert's Sextet, is a lenticular galaxy of magnitude 15.3 in Serpens, about 1.6′ across.
How to find it
- NGC 6027 is in the constellation Serpens.
- Best evenings: around early July it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 59° S.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)Too faint for binoculars.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)Very hard or out of reach: it needs a dark sky and a larger telescope, or a camera.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 6027, PGC 56575 |
|---|---|
| Type | Lenticular galaxy (S0-a) |
| Magnitude | 15.3The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 1.6′ × 1′position angle 18°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 25.1 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 59m 12.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +20° 45′ 48″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →