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NGC 960
SDSS image of NGC 960
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension02h 31m 41.302s[1]
Declination−09° 18′ 01.01″[1]
Redshift0.016233[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity4827 km/s[2]
Distance185.1 Mly (56.75 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.78[4]
Characteristics
TypeSABb[4]
Other designations
MCG -02-07-028, PGC 9621[2]

NGC 960 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 960". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. ^ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 960". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  6. ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 960". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

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