NGC 979

{{short description|Galaxy in the constellation of Eridanus}}

{{Infobox galaxy

|image=File:NGC 979 legacy dr10.jpg

|caption=The galaxy NGC 979 imaged with

the 10th data release of the Legacy survey.

| name = NGC 979

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Eridanus

| ra = {{RA|02|31|38.79}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|-44|31|27.5}}

| z = 0.015930 {{cite simbad|title=NGC 551|access-date=25 May 2023}}

| h_radial_v = 4738 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|53.100|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SB0{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20551&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0551 (NGC 551)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2022-11-01}}

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 13.81

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|LEDA=9614|MCG=-07-16-014|ESO=246-23|FM 246-18}}}}

NGC 979 is a lenticular galaxy{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC979|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 979|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2022-05-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC979|title=The galaxy NGC 979 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2023-05-25}} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Hawarden |first1=T.G. |last2=Longmore |first2=A.J. |last3=Goss |first3=W.M. |last4=Mebold |first4=U. |last5=Tritton |first5=S.B. |title=Neutral hydrogen in lenticular galaxies with faint discs. |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |date=July 1981 |volume=196 |issue=2 |pages=175–183 |doi=10.1093/mnras/196.2.175 |bibcode=1981MNRAS.196..175H |doi-access=free }}