NGC 3059

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NGC 3059
A broad and narrow galactic view (potw2423a).jpg
Hubble Space Telescope 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]
Heliocentric 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]

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] The galaxy has been calculated to be 45 - 50 million lightyears from Earth.

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NGC 3059". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 3059 (NGC 3059)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  4. ↑ NGC 3059
  5. ↑ New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3050 - 3099
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