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p1taylor
09-06-2015, 12:37 AM
Hi All. Another clear night.

peter
rustigsmed
09-06-2015, 12:58 PM
what an interesting little group of galaxies.
Paul Haese
09-06-2015, 02:48 PM
How distant are these objects?
p1taylor
11-06-2015, 02:26 AM
Thanks for your comments, no idea but a long way.
Tony_
11-06-2015, 06:54 PM
It is also called Seyfert's Sextet.
NGC 6027 in the group is about 190M ly distance.
p1taylor
13-06-2015, 12:55 AM
Yes it is NGC 6027.

peter
AG Hybrid
13-06-2015, 01:13 AM
What a fascinating target. Well done. 190 Mly. That's some distance.
p1taylor
13-06-2015, 06:08 PM
Thanks Adrian.

peter