NGC 6027

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Object: NGC 6027 (Seyfert's Sextett)
Date: 18.-19.05.2007
Scope, mount, camera: 12.5" Newtonian, f/8.1 with APO Newton Barlow, AO-7, MAM50, ST-10XME
Filter, exposure time: LRGB =(9x6x7x6)*600s, all binned 1x1
Total exposure time: 4h40min
Location: La Palma, Roque de los muchachos
Comments: Image seeing: 1.8"
The Seyfert Sextett actually consists of only 4 galaxies. The small spiral galaxy to the left edge of the group, NGC 6027d, is 6 times more distant than the rest. The tidal tail to the upper left was originally considered as an individual galaxy.
Data reduction with THELI, colour composition in PS.