NGC 970
Pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Triangulum
NGC 970 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 471 million light-years 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.
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- NGC 0970 DSS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
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