Back Messier 102 Afrikaans مسييه 102 Arabic M102 (аб’ект Месье) Byelorussian M102 BE-X-OLD M102 Bulgarian Messier 102 BS Messier 102 Catalan M102 Corsican Messier 102 German Μεσιέ 102 Greek

Messier 102

Messier 102 (also known as M102) is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that cannot be unambiguously identified. Its original discoverer Pierre Méchain retracted his discovery two years after publication and said that it was a duplicate observation of Messier 101.[1] Later historical evidence favors that M102 is actually the galaxy NGC 5866,[2] although other galaxies have been suggested as possible identities. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) considers it to be the same as NGC 5866.[3]

  1. ^ O'Meara, Stephen James. "M102: Mystery Solved", Sky and Telescope, volume 109, number 3, page 78, March 2005
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference m102dseds was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Garner, Rob (22 October 2019). "Messier 102 (The Spindle Galaxy)". NASA. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

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