NGC 3059
NGC 3059 is a barred spiral galaxy. It is located in the constellation of Carina.[4] The galaxy can be described as being faint, large, and irregularly round. It was discovered on February 22, 1835 by John Herschel.[5]
| NGC 3059 | |
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 Hubble image of NGC 3059 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Right ascension | 09h 50m 08.181s[1] |
| Declination | −73° 55′ 19.96″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004244[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1269.5 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 48.3 Mly (14.80 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.24[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.56[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)bc[3] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 28298[2] | |
References
- Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- "NGC 3059". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- "Results for object NGC 3059 (NGC 3059)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- NGC 3059
- New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3050 - 3099
External links
- NGC 3059 - Dutch Wikipedia
- NGC 3059 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP
- NGC 3059 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy
- The kinematics of the barred spiral galaxy NGC3059* - Harvard.edu
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