NGC 970

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.[4][5]

NGC 970
DSS image of NGC 970
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	02^h 34^m 11.69897^s[1]
Declination	+32° 58′ 38.3137″[1]
Redshift	0.03270[2]
Helio radial velocity	9642 km/s[2]
Distance	471.4 Mly (144.54 Mpc)[3][note 1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.66[3]
Other designations
MCG+05-07-009, PGC 9786[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

Notes

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

References

1. 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. "NGC 970". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
3. "Search specification: NGC 970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 970". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.