NGC 102

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NGC 102
NGC 0102 SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 102
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 24m 36.514s [1]
Declination −13° 57′ 22.92″ [1]
Redshift 0.024450 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7330 [2]
Distance 328.70+63.86
−79.26 Mly
(100.78+19.58
−24.30 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14 [3]
Characteristics
Type S0/a [2]
Apparent size  (V)1.0′ × 0.9′ [2]
Other designations
MGC-02-02-011, PGC 1542 [3]

NGC102 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 330 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 14. [4]

NGC 102 (2MASS) NGC 0102 2MASS.jpg
NGC 102 (2MASS)

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NED results for object NGC 0102". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NGC 102". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 100 - 149".


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