Constellation(s) Serpens
Right ascension 15h 59m 11.9s
Declination +20° 45' 31"
Number of galaxies 4
Brightest member NGC 6027
Seyfert's Sextet is a group of galaxies about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens Caput. The group appears to contain six members, but one of the galaxies is a background object and another "galaxy" is actually a separated part of one of the other galaxies. The gravitational interaction among these galaxies should continue for hundreds of millions of years. Ultimately, the galaxies will merge to form a single giant elliptical galaxy.
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