NGC 902

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NGC 902
NGC 902 DECam.jpg
DECam image of NGC 902
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 22m 21.749s [1]
Declination −16° 40′ 44.73″ [1]
Redshift 0.023437 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6944 km/s [2]
Distance 314.1 ± 22.0  Mly (96.31 ± 6.76  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.82 [4]
Characteristics
Type SBbc [4]
Other designations
MCG -03-07-005, PGC 9021 [2]

NGC 902 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 314 million light-years from the Milky Way [3] and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 ly. NGC 902 was discovered on November 28, 1885 by Francis Leavenworth. [5]

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  3. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 0902 (NGC 902)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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