NGC 6027d

NGC 6027d
NGC 6027d imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Serpens
Right ascension	15^h 59^m 12.9156^s[1]
Declination	+20° 45′ 35.535″[1]
Redshift	0.066089[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	19813 ± 35 km/s[1]
Distance	957.5 ± 67.1 Mly (293.58 ± 20.56 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.5[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)bc[1]
Size	~181,600 ly (55.68 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0′.2 × 0′.2[1]
Other designations
UGC 10116 NED05, MCG +04-38-009, PGC 56580, CGCG 137-010 NED05, VV 115d[1]

NGC 6027d is a barred spiral galaxy that is strictly a visual member of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens. NGC 6027d is not interacting with the other galaxies in the cluster, but is in the background and just happens to be in the same line of sight. The galaxy is nearly 700 million light years away from the interacting group, and is estimated to be about 180,000 light-years in diameter.^[1]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6027d: SN 1998fe (type unknown, mag. 18) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search on 19 July 1998.^[2][3]

See also

• NGC 6027
• NGC 6027a
• NGC 6027b
• NGC 6027c
• NGC 6027e
• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6027d. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
2. Li, W. D. (2000). "Supernova 1998fe in NGC 6027D". International Astronomical Union Circular (7438): 3. Bibcode:2000IAUC.7438....3L.
3. Transient Name Server entry for SN 1998fe. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

External links

• HubbleSite NewsCenter: Pictures and description