| NGC 6027b | |
|---|---|
 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6027b. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Right ascension | 15h 59m 10.8s[1] |
| Declination | +20° 45′ 43″[1] |
| Redshift | 4053 ± 8 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.3[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0 pec[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0′.4 × 0′.2[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 10116 NED03,[1] PGC 56584[1] | |
NGC 6027b is an interacting lenticular galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies currently in the process of colliding and merging, which is located in the constellation Serpens.
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