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NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum

Altitude: 19.8°   Azimuth: 298.4°   Direction: West-North-West

NGC 970 is a Galaxy Pair in the Triangulum constellation. NGC 970 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

NGC 970
Galaxy Pair
Triangulum

NGC 970 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 19.8°
Azimuth: 298.4°
Direction: West-North-West

See also NGC 970 rise and set times.

Available Resources for NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum

Apparent size of NGC 970

The following table reports NGC 970 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 970 is a visual representation of it.
1 arcmin
1 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 970

The image below is a photograph of NGC 970 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum star
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DSS2 image of NGC 970 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1 arcmin) and minor (1 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 970

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 970 are provided in the following table:

02h 34m 10s
+32° 58’ 33”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 970 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum.

Finder chart NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum.

Rise ans set times of NGC 970 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 970 - Galaxy Pair in Triangulum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.0°
Max altitude: 71.5°
Azimuth: 303.0°