| NGC 965 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 965 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 32m 25.10s [1] |
| Declination | −18° 38′ 22.99″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.022662 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6794 ± 39 km/s [1] |
| Distance | 294 Mly [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.20 [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.90 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)cd [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.0 x 0.8 [1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 9666, MCG -3-7-31, ESO 545-32 | |
NGC 965 is a spiral galaxy approximately 294 million light-years away from Earth [1] in the constellation of Cetus. [1] It was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. [3]
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Soviet/Russian astrophysicist Vorontsov-Velyaminov B. and Arhipova V. P. have noted in their "Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies" that NGC 965 "looks almost like two flattened galaxies i=I and i=III in contact and very disturbed". [4]
