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 will become visible at around 20:18 (PDT), 57° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 01:08.

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Name Seyfert's Sextet (NGC6027)

Object type Galaxy

Part of Hickson 79

Other names

Seyfert's Sextet
NGC 6027^[2]

Position

Right ascension:	15^h59^m ^[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

Sources

^[1]	NGC2000.0 (Sky Publishing, ed. Sinnott 1988)

^[2]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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