Astronomy:NGC 970

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Short description: Pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Triangulum
NGC 970
NGC 0970 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 970
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension 02h 34m 11.69897s[1]
Declination+32° 58′ 38.3137″[1]
Redshift0.03270[2]
Helio radial velocity9642 km/s[2]
Distance471.4 Mly (144.54 Mpc)[3][note 1]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.66[3]
Characteristics
TypeS:[4]
Other designations
MCG+05-07-009, PGC 9786[2]

NGC 970 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 471 million light-years[3][note 1] 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.[5][6][4]

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 From a distance modulus μ of 35.80 ± 0.11 magnitudes.

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