NGC 3259

NGC 3259 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 90[2] million light-years from Earth, in the Ursa Major constellation. It has the morphological classification SAB(rs)bc,[3] which indicates that it is a spiral galaxy with a weak bar across the nucleus (SAB), an incomplete inner ring structure circling the bar (rs), and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms (bc).[4] This galaxy is a known source of X-ray emission and it has an active galactic nucleus of the Seyfert 2 type.[2]

NGC 3259
NGC 3259 is a bright barred spiral galaxy located approximately 110 million light-years from Earth.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension10h 32m 34.816s[1]
Declination+65° 02′ 27.79″[1]
Helio radial velocity+1,677[2] km/s
Distance89.7 Mly (27.5 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)bc[3]
Mass1.26 × 1010[2] M☉
Other designations
UGC 5717

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. Springob, Christopher M.; et al. (September 2005), "A Digital Archive of H I 21 Centimeter Line Spectra of Optically Targeted Galaxies", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 160 (1): 149–162, arXiv:astro-ph/0505025, Bibcode:2005ApJS..160..149S, doi:10.1086/431550.
  3. Hughes, M. A.; et al. (August 2003), "An Atlas of Hubble Space Telescope Spectra and Images of Nearby Spiral Galaxies", The Astronomical Journal, 126 (2): 742–761, Bibcode:2003AJ....126..742H, doi:10.1086/376744.
  4. Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 978-0521820486.


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