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]
| 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] |
| Heliocentric 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 | |
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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Revised NGC Data for NGC 965". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "Data for NGC 965". www.astronomy-mall.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B.; Arhipova, V. P. (1968). Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies. Moscow State University.
External links
edit- NGC 965 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SEDS
 | This spiral galaxy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |