NGC 4102

NGC 4102 is an intermediate spiral galaxy[3] located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. The galaxy contains a LINER region and a starburst region. The starburst region is 1,000 ly (310 pc) in diameter containing some 3 billion solar masses.[4]

NGC 4102
NGC 4102 image taken by Hubble Space Telescope
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast). Acknowledgement: Renaud Houdinet
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major[1]
Right ascension12h 06m 23.115s[2]
Declination+52° 42′ 39.42″[2]
Redshift0.00283[2]
Helio radial velocity847 km/s[2]
Distance68.8 million ly
Apparent magnitude (B)11.8[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(s)b,[3] LINER[3]
Other designations
NGC 4102,[3] 2MASX J12062311+5242394,[2] MCG+09-20-094,[2] UGC 7096,[3] FIRST J120623.0+524239,[2] WISE J120623.07+524239.8, IRAS 12038+5259, IRAS F12038+5259, SDSS J120623.00+524240.1,[2] LEDA 38392, PGC 38392[3]

References
  1. "This is no supermodel spiral". www.spacetelescope.org. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. "Hubble Spies Charming Spiral Galaxy Bursting with Stars". SpaceDaily. 8 December 2014.
  • Media related to NGC 4102 at Wikimedia Commons


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