NGC 965 | |
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![]() 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 |
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]
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]
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