NGC 5102

NGC 5102
NGC 5102 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCentaurus
Right ascension13h 21m 57.6s[1]
Declination−36° 37′ 49″[1]
Redshift468 ± 2 km/s[1]
Distance12.1 ± 0.7 Mly (3.70 ± 0.23 Mpc)[2][3][4][5]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.4[1]
Characteristics
TypeSA0[1]
Apparent size (V)8.7 × 2.8[1]
Other designations
PGC 46674[1]

NGC 5102, also known as Iota's Ghost,[6] is a lenticular galaxy in the Centaurus A/M83 Group of galaxies. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1835.

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  4. ^ Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). "Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field". Astrophysics. 49 (1): 3–18. Bibcode:2006Ap.....49....3K. doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6. S2CID 120973010.
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  6. ^ Stoyan, Ronald; Schurig, Stephan (2014). interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas. Erlangen: Cambridge University Press; Oculum-Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-1-107-50338-0. OCLC 920437579.