UGC 9796 explained

UGC 9796
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Boötes
H Radial V:	5342 km/s
Z:	0.017980
Dist Ly:	^[1]
Type:	S0?
Names:	PGC 54461, UGC 9796, MCG +07-31-48, PRC A-06, FGC 224A, ASK 403591.0, II Zw 73^[2]

UGC 9796 is a lenticular and polar-ring galaxy in the constellation Boötes, and about 250 million light years distant from Earth. It is an object of great scientific interest as there have been very few polar ring galaxies discovered. UGC 9796 is a very gas-rich environment hosting as much solar masses of neutral hydrogen.^[3] DSS and SDSS images show that it is very similar to polar ring galaxy NGC 660, the best-known of all the polar ring galaxies.

This object is also known as PGC 54461, MCG+07-31-48, and PRC A-06

References

• Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database − NED . https://web.archive.org/web/19971222113324/http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ . 1997-12-22 . dead . 2014-02-20 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results for object NGC UGC 9796 (UGC 9796). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2021-03-13.
2. UGC 9796. 2021-03-13.
3. Cox . A. L. . Sparke . L. S. . van Moorsel . G. . Neutral Hydrogen in the Polar Ring Galaxy UGC 9796 . The Astronomical Journal . February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 828–836 . 10.1086/498726. 2006AJ....131..828C . 121208759 . free .