NGC 6970
| Galaxy NGC 6970 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 52 m 09.46 s |
| declination | -48 ° 46 ′ 40.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 7038 group LGG 441 |
| Redshift | 0.017525 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 5254 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(234 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (71.6 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6970 • PGC 65608 • ESO 235-008 • IRAS 20486-4857 • 2MASX J20520946-4846398 • SGC 204839-4857.9 • 2MASS J20520946-4846400 • LDCE 1438 NED001 • WISEA J205209.48-484640.0 | |
NGC 6970 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 129695 and is a member of the thirteen galaxies of the NGC 7038 group ( LGG 441 ).
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 2, 1834 .