| NGC 965 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 965 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 32m 25.10s[1] |
| Declination | −18° 38′ 22.99″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.022662[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6794 ± 39km/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 aspiral galaxy approximately294 millionlight-years away from Earth[1] in theconstellation ofCetus.[1] It was discovered by American astronomerOrmond Stone in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory.[3]
Soviet/Russian astrophysicistVorontsov-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]
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