Seyfert's Sextet (NGC6027)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Seyfert's Sextet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 73° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:01, 76° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:09, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name Seyfert's Sextet (NGC6027)
Object type Galaxy
Part of Hickson 79
Other names
Seyfert's Sextet
NGC 6027[2]
Position
Right ascension:15h59m [2]
Declination:+20°45' [2]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:12.40 (V) [1]
14.39 (B) [2]
13.51 (J) [2]
14.57 (H) [2]
12.70 (K) [2]
Hubble type:S0-a

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