NGC 970 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Triangulum |
Right ascension | 02h 34m 11.69897s[1] |
Declination | +32° 58′ 38.3137″[1] |
Redshift | 0.03270[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 9642 km/s[2] |
Distance | 471.4 Mly (144.54 Mpc)[3][note 1] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.66[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S:[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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