UGC 9796 is a lenticular and polar-ring galaxy in the constellation Boötes, and about 250 million light years distant from Earth. It is an object of great scientific interest as there have been very few polar ring galaxies discovered. UGC 9796 is a very gas-rich environment hosting as much 5×10⁹ solar masses of neutral hydrogen.[4] DSS and SDSS images show that it is very similar to polar ring galaxy NGC 660, the best-known of all the polar ring galaxies.

UGC 9796
SDSS image of UGC 9796
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	15h 15m 56.30625s[1]
Declination	+43° 10′ 00.4797″[1]
Redshift	0.017980[2]
Helio radial velocity	5342 km/s[2]
Distance	264.8 ± 18.6 Mly (81.20 ± 5.69 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
Type	S0?
Other designations
PGC 54461, UGC 9796, MCG +07-31-48, PRC A-06, FGC 224A, ASK 403591.0, II Zw 73[2]

This object is also known as PGC 54461, MCG+07-31-48, and PRC A-06

References

• "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database − NED". Archived from the original on 1997-12-22. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

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