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Names NGC 6027, UGC 10116, MCG +04-38-008, PGC 56575, VV 115, VII Zw 631, HCG 079
Right Ascension (2000.0) 15:59:12.5
Declination +20:45:48
Constellation Serpens
Redshift (z) 0.014834 +/- 0.000037
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 4447 +/- 11 km/s
Distance (esteem) 201,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 01/04/2019 - 01/05/2019 - 02/05-2019
Exposure time 19,500 seconds (13 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
Sloan Digital Sky Survey images
SDSS image
KPNO 2.1-meter telescope
NOAO image

A famous group of interacting galaxies in Serpens. A faint LSB galaxy discovered on deep CCD images in 2000 is visible near the Sextet.
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