NGC 965
| Galaxy NGC 965 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 32 m 25.1 s |
| declination | -18 ° 38 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022662 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 6794 ± 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.5 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 965 • PGC 9666 • ESO 545-032 • MCG -03-07-031 • IRAS F02301-1851 • SGC 023005-1851.6 • | |
NGC 965 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 302 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .