NGC 965 explained

NGC 965
Epoch:J2000.0
Constellation Name:Cetus
Z:0.022662
Dist Ly:294 Mly
Appmag B:14.90
Appmag V:14.20
Type:SB(s)cd
Size V:1.0 x 0.8
Names:PGC 9666, MCG -3-7-31, ESO 545-32

NGC 965 is a spiral galaxy approximately 294 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory.

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".

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