NGC 970

Summary

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]

NGC 970
DSS image of NGC 970
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension02h 34m 11.69897s[1]
Declination+32° 58′ 38.3137″[1]
Redshift0.03270[2]
Heliocentric 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]

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Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "NGC 970". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. ^ a b c "Search specification: NGC 970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. ^ a b 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.