NGC 102
| Galaxy NGC 102 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 102 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 24 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -13 ° 57 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.024450 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7330 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(330 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.1 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 102 • PGC 1542 • MCG -02-02-011 • 2MASX J00243651-1357229 • 2MASS J00243653-1357229 • USGC S011 NED02 • NSA 126879 • 2MIG 45 | |
NGC 102 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 330 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 102 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
