NGC 3059
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| NGC 3059 | |
|---|---|
| File: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] | |
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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
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- ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ NGC 3059
- ^ New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3050 - 3099
External links
[edit | edit source]- NGC 3059 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP
- NGC 3059 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- The kinematics of the barred spiral galaxy NGC3059* - Harvard.edu
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