NGC 1102
| Galaxy NGC 1102 |
|
|---|---|
![NGC 1102 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_1102_DSS.jpg)
|
|
| NGC 1102 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 02 h 47 m 12.90 s |
| declination | -22 ° 12 ′ 31.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rl?) Off? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036915 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,067 ± 45 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(492 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (150.8 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1102 • PGC 10545 • ESO 546-019 • MCG -04-07-041 • 2MASX J02471288-2212317 • SGC 024457-2225.0 • | |
NGC 1102 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBb with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 492 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .