NGC 969
| Galaxy NGC 969 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 34 m 08.2 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 56 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 66 |
| Redshift | 0.015037 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 4508 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(206 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.2 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 969 • UGC 2039 • PGC 9781 • CGCG 505-010 • MCG + 05-07-008 • 2MASX J02340789 + 3256500 • GALEX ASC J023407.94 + 325647.7 • LDCE 176 NED014 | |
NGC 969 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Triangulum in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 206 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 970 , NGC 973 , NGC 974 , NGC 978 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 1997dp was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 22nd, 1827 .