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".