NGC 966

NGC 966 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy approximately 440 million light-years away from Earth^[1] in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886.^[3]

NGC 966
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 966
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 31m 47.16s [1]
Declination	−19° 52′ 54.10″ [1]
Redshift	0.033690 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	10100 ± 45 km/s [1]
Distance	440 Mly[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.30 [2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.30 [2]
Characteristics
Type	SA0^0 pec:[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.0 x 0.9 [1]
Other designations
PGC 9626, MCG -3-7-29, ESO 545-30

See also

• Lenticular galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Cetus (constellation)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
2. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 966". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
3. "Data for NGC 966". www.astronomy-mall.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.

External links

• NGC 966 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS