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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 22m 21.749s[1] |
Declination | −16° 40′ 44.73″[1] |
Redshift | 0.023437[2] |
Heliocentric 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] |
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