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Also known as New General Catalogue 102, MCG-2-2-11,PGC 1542

galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 24 36.514
Declination
−13 ° 57 ′ 22.92 ″
Distance
328.70 +63.86, −79.26 Mly , ( 100.78 +19.58, −24.30 Mpc )
Type
S0/a
Apparent size v
1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
100.78
Image
NGC102 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1886-01-01
discoverer or inventor
Francis Preserved Leavenworth
Commons category
NGC 102
catalog code
Gaia DR2 2422981099682733056
redshift
0.024450
right ascension
6.15225896955440
declination
-13.95634704963070
radial velocity
7330
apparent magnitude
14.00
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 102 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 330 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 14.

NGC 102 (2MASS)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 102” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.