NGC 6027 is a
lenticular galaxy
A lenticular galaxy (denoted S0) is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical (denoted E) and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes. It contains a large-scale disc but does not have large-scale spiral arms. L ...
discovered by
Édouard Stephan
Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan (31 August 1837 – 31 December 1923) was a French astronomer. His surname is sometimes spelled Stéphan in some literature, but this is apparently erroneous.
He was born in Sainte Pezenne (today one of the districts ...
in 1882 that is the brightest member of
Seyfert's Sextet, a compact
group of galaxies
A galaxy group or group of galaxies (GrG) is an aggregation of galaxies comprising about 50 or fewer gravitationally bound members, each at least as luminous as the Milky Way (about 1010 times the luminosity of the Sun); collections of galaxies ...
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See also
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NGC 6027a
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NGC 6027b
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NGC 6027c
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NGC 6027d
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NGC 6027e
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Seyfert's Sextet
References
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Lenticular galaxies
10116 NED01
56575
6027
Serpens
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