Galaxy in the constellation Carina
NGC 3059 |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) |
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Constellation | Carina |
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Right ascension | 09h 50m 08.181s[1] |
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Declination | −73° 55′ 19.96″[1] |
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Redshift | 0.004244[2] |
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Heliocentric radial velocity | 1269.5 km/s[2] |
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Distance | 48.3 Mly (14.80 Mpc)[3] |
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Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.24[2] |
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Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.56[2] |
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Characteristics |
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Type | SB(rs)bc[3] |
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Other designations |
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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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e "NGC 3059". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ a b "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 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP
- NGC 3059 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy
- The kinematics of the barred spiral galaxy NGC3059* - Harvard.edu
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