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
DSS image of NGC 902
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02^h 22^m 21.749^s[1]
Declination	−16° 40′ 44.73″[1]
Redshift	0.023437[2]
Helio radial velocity	6944 km/s[2]
Distance	314.1 ± 22.0 Mly (96.31 ± 6.76 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.82[4]
Characteristics
Type	SBbc[4]
Other designations
MCG-03-07-005, PGC 9021[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
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.

External links

• Media related to NGC 902 at Wikimedia Commons