Key facts
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Right ascension
- 02 31 38.79
- Declination
- −44 ° 31 ′ 27.5 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4738 km/s
- Distance
- 173.19 Mly (53.100 Mpc )
- Type
- SB0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 979 is a lenticular galaxy located within the constellation of Eridanus. This galaxy has a possible outer ring which is dim but smooth. This structure might be a polar ring. The featurelessness of this galaxy means that it is completely devoid of HII regions and consequently, star formation.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 979” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.