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EntityQ1116997· pop 35· linked from 509 articles

Also known as Iota's Ghost

galaxy in the M83 group of galaxies

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Vinony's link graph records 509 inbound references to Q1116997, and connects out to Alpha Centauri, NGC 5090 and NGC 5091 and Centaurus.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1835, Centaurus and Centaurus A/M83 Group.

Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Centaurus
Right ascension
13 21 57.6
Declination
−36 ° 37 ′ 49 ″
Redshift
468 ± 2 km / s
Distance
12.1 ± 0.7 Mly (3.70 ± 0.23 Mpc )
Type
SA0
Apparent size v
8.7 ′ × 2.8 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
3.40
Image
NGC 5102 2MASS.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 6165703218750983296
galaxy morphological type
SA0
time of discovery or invention
1835-01-01
Commons category
NGC 5102
redshift
0.001558
apparent magnitude
6.917
right ascension
200.49003880580690
declination
-36.63010712616900
parallax
0.2652
radial velocity
420
right ascension component of proper motion
0.503
declination component of proper motion
-0.598
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5102, also known as Iota's Ghost since it appears near Iota Centauri in the sky, is a lenticular galaxy in the Centaurus A/M83 Group of galaxies. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1835.

Distance measurements

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1116997” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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