NGC 902 explained

NGC 902
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Cetus
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.023437
H Radial V:	6944 km/s
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Type:	SBbc^[3]
Appmag B:	14.82
Names:	^[4]

NGC 902 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 314 million light-years from the Milky Way^[2] and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 ly. NGC 902 was discovered on November 28, 1885 by Francis Leavenworth.^[5]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

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: Results for object NGC 0902 (NGC 902). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2020-05-25.
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 902. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2020-05-25.
4. NGC 902. 2020-05-25.
5. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 902. spider.seds.org. 2020-03-21.