Object: Galaxy MESSIER 102 Constell: DRA RA: 15h 06.5m Decl: +55° 45' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9.8m (v) Size: 4.7'x2.0' Type: SA0+ sp Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 16./17.9.1991, 22.30 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.4m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 4 Weather: Pretty good. Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: A small galaxy. Smootly brighter center. Elliptical (in shape, not in morphological class). Outer parts very faint, only the core visible without averted vision.