NGC 960
| Galaxy NGC 960 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 31 m 41.3 s |
| declination | -09 ° 18 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb (f) / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016398 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 4916 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.2 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 960 • PGC 9621 • MCG -02-07-028 • 2MASX J02314130-0918010 • GALEX ASC J023141.44-091803.3 | |
NGC 960 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 219 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The property was built in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 26-inch - telescope discovered.