NGC 980

NGC 980 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 256 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German - British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.^[4][5][6]

NGC 980
Pan-STARRS image of NGC 980
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	02h 35m 18.56844s[1]
Declination	+40° 55′ 35.3546″[1]
Redshift	0.019310[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5733 km/s[2]
Distance	256.2 Mly (78.56 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.3[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0[2]
Other designations
UGC 2063, MCG +07-06-038, PGC 9831[2]

iPTF 13ebh, a type Ia supernova, occurred in NGC 980.^[7]

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
2. "NGC 980". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
3. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 980 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 980". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
6. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
7. "iPTF 13ebh". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.