NGC 980

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 980

| image = 250px

| caption = Pan-STARRS image of NGC 980

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Andromeda

| ra = {{RA|02|35|18.56844}}{{cite DR2}}

| dec = {{DEC|+40|55|35.3546}}

| z = 0.019310

| h_radial_v = 5733 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|78.56|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey|author1=Crook, Aidan C.|author2=Huchra, John P.|author3=Martimbeau, Nathalie|author4=Masters, Karen L.|author5=Jarrett, Tom|author6=Macri, Lucas M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=655|issue=2|pages=790–813|date=2007|bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C|doi=10.1086/510201|arxiv=astro-ph/0610732|s2cid=11672751}}

| group_cluster =

| type = S0

| size =

| appmag_v =

| appmag_b = 14.3

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=2063|MCG=+07-06-038|PGC=9831}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 980|access-date=2020-05-30}}

}}

NGC 980 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 256 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German - British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC980|title=The galaxy NGC 980 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC980|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 980|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+980&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-03-21}}

iPTF 13ebh, a type Ia supernova, occurred in NGC 980.{{cite simbad|title=iPTF 13ebh|access-date=2020-05-30}}