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.

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