Seyfert's Sextet (NGC6027)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Seyfert's Sextet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:17 (PDT), 74° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:53, 76° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:01, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
Seyfert's Sextet (NGC6027)
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Object type
Galaxy
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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 |