Astronomy:NGC 965
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 965 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 965 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 32m 25.10s [1] |
| Declination | −18° 38′ 22.99″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.022662 [1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 6794 ± 39 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 294 Mly[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.20 [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.90 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)cd [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.0 x 0.8 [1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 9666, MCG -3-7-31, ESO 545-32 | |
NGC 965 is a spiral galaxy approximately 294 million light-years away from Earth[1] in the constellation of Cetus.[1] It was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory.[3]
Soviet/Russian astrophysicist Vorontsov-Velyaminov B. and Arhipova V. P. have noted in their "Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies" that NGC 965 "looks almost like two flattened galaxies i=I and i=III in contact and very disturbed".[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+965.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 965". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC965.
- ↑ "Data for NGC 965". http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201%20-%20999%20(11-30-17).htm.
- ↑ Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B.; Arhipova, V. P. (1968). Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies. Moscow State University.
External links
- NGC 965 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SEDS
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