NGC 960
Appearance
NGC 960 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 960 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 31m 41.302s[1] |
Declination | −09° 18′ 01.01″[1] |
Redshift | 0.016233[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4827 km/s[2] |
Distance | 185.1 Mly (56.75 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.78[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SABb[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -02-07-028, PGC 9621[2] |
NGC 960 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- ^ a b c "NGC 960". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 960". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 960". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
External links
Media related to NGC 960 at Wikimedia Commons