Object name: NGC0973
Designation(s): NGC0973, IC1815,
This image shows an interesting group of galaxies centered on NGC 973. Located in the constellation of Triangulum. NGC 973 is about 200 million light-years away. It is an interesting edge-on spiral with a very well defined dark lane. Below it is IC1815 also at 200 million light years. It is a barred spiral. Since its arms are only an undefined disk with no dark lanes or new stars to define them, just a disk of old stars, it is classed as an SB0 galaxy, the zero referring to the lack of spiral arms, just a disk of old stars. Unlike NGC 973 it is seen nearly face on though most images of this group fail to show the large area of old stars I picked up making the galaxy look quite different. I can\'t tell if this is a disk or a huge halo of stars. In any case, it is likely the result of a collision in the distant past with another galaxy in this group. For an example of how this galaxy is normally imaged see the Kitt Peak image at:https://www.noao.edu/kpvc/observers/n973.htmlNote the above image has south up and mirror-reversed so is upside down and backward from my image below. The link to a larger image was broken when I last tried it.NGC 973 was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 30, 1885. IC 1815 was found by Stephane Javelle on January 20, 1898.Beside IC 1815 is another edge on LEDA 213027 also at 200 million light years. Below it is a galaxy I can\'t find anything on, 2MASX502342688+3224339ID. I have no redshift data on it so can\'t calculate its distance. Far to the right, in my image is another spiral galaxy PGC 9751. While it appears much like the others it is 400 million light-years away, twice the distance to the others. There are a lot of other galaxies in the image, a couple also carry 2MAX number, the rest have no catalog number that I can find. In any case, I have no information on any of them other than their positions in our sky.14\" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10\' RGB=2x10\', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME
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Alternate Designation(s): 2MASS J02341996+3230181, 2MASS J02341999+3225459, 2MASS J02342012+3230204, 2MASX J02342001+3225460, 2MASX J02342010+3230200, 2MFGC 02024, 2PBC J0234.3+3227, AKARI J0234202+323021, CGCG 0231.3+3213, CGCG 0231.3+3217, CGCG 505-013, CGCG 505-014, FGC 0314, GALEXASC J023419.80+322546.3 , GALEXASC J023420.10+323022.2 , HDCE 0152 NED003, HDCE 0152 NED004, IC 1815, IC1815, IGR J02343+3229, IRAS 02313+3217, IRAS F02313+3217, KUG 0231+322, LDCE 0176 NED015, LDCE 0176 NED016, LGG 066:[G93] 007, LQAC 038+032 002, MCG +05-07-013, MCG +05-07-014, NGC 0973, NGC0973, NPM1G +32.0103, NVSS J023420+323021, PGC 009794, PGC 009795, RFGC 0553, SSTSL2 J023420.00+322545.8, SSTSL2 J023420.12+323020.7, SWIFT J0234.1+3233, SWIFT J0234.4+3229, UGC 02047, UGC 02048, USGC U134 NED01, USGC U134 NED07, UZC J023420.0+322546, UZC J023420.2+323019, [BTM2013] 0133, [BTW2003] J0233+3210, [KRL2007] 023, [SLW2012] 017,