NGC 102 explained

NGC 102
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Cetus
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.024450^[2]
H Radial V:	7330
Dist Ly:	Mly (Mpc)
Type:	S0/a
Appmag B:	14^[3]
Size V:	1.0 × 0.9
Names:	MGC-02-02-011, PGC 1542

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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . 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. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Web site: NED results for object NGC 0102. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. 14 March 2017.
3. NGC 102. 14 March 2017.
4. Web site: NGC Objects: NGC 100 - 149.