NGC 902

NGC 902 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 314 million light-years from the Milky Way[3] and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 ly. NGC 902 was discovered on November 28, 1885 by Francis Leavenworth.[5]

NGC 902
DECam image of NGC 902
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension02h 22m 21.749s[1]
Declination−16° 40′ 44.73″[1]
Redshift0.023437[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity6944 km/s[2]
Distance314.1 ± 22.0 Mly (96.31 ± 6.76 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.82[4]
Characteristics
TypeSBbc[4]
Other designations
MCG -03-07-005, PGC 9021[2]

See also

References
  1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. "NGC 902". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0902 (NGC 902)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. "Search specification: NGC 902". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 902". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  • Media related to NGC 902 at Wikimedia Commons


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