NGC 970

NGC 970
DSS image of NGC 970
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension02h 34m 11.69897s
Declination+32° 58′ 38.3137″
Redshift0.03270
Heliocentric radial velocity9642 km/s
Distance471.4 Mly (144.54 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)15.66
Characteristics
TypeS:
Other designations
MCG +05-07-009, PGC 9786

NGC 970 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 471 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 100,000 ly. The object was discovered on September 14, 1850, by Bindon Blood Stoney.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 From a distance modulus μ of 35.80 ± 0.11 magnitudes.

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 970". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. 1 2 3 "Search specification: NGC 970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. 1 2 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 950 - 999". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  6. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 970". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.