IC 102
| Galaxy IC 102 |
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| SDSS image from IC 102 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 24 m 26.3 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 53 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.048100 |
| Radial velocity | 14,420 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(648 ± 45) x 10 6 ly (198.8 ± 13.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 102 • UGC 954 • PGC 5172 • CGCG 436-040 • 2MASX J01242632 + 0953114 • GALEX ASC J012426.27 + 095311.5 • LEDA 5172 | |
IC 102 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 648 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 170,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 516 , NGC 522 , NGC 525 , IC 101 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 2, 1893 .