NGC 970

NGC 970 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 471 million light-years^{[3][note 1]} from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 100,000 ly. The object was discovered on September 14, 1850, by Bindon Blood Stoney.^[5][6][4]

NGC 970
DSS image of NGC 970
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	02h 34m 11.69897s[1]
Declination	+32° 58′ 38.3137″[1]
Redshift	0.03270[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	9642 km/s[2]
Distance	471.4 Mly (144.54 Mpc)[3][note 1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.66[3]
Characteristics
Type	S:[4]
Other designations
MCG +05-07-009, PGC 9786[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

Notes

1. From a distance modulus μ of 35.80 ± 0.11 magnitudes.