Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.004243600179050455
- Coordinates
- RA 147.5341° · Dec -73.9222°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Carina
- Right ascension
- 09 50 08.181
- Declination
- −73 ° 55 ′ 19.96 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1269.5 km/s
- Distance
- 48.3 Mly (14.80 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)bc
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Carina
- Image
- NGC3059-hst-R814G606B450.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- SBc
- catalog code
- LEDA 28298
- Commons category
- NGC 3059
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-03-23
- apparent magnitude
- 7.958
- epoch
- J2000.0
- redshift
- 0.004203
- right ascension
- 147.5340875
- declination
- -73.9222111
- radial velocity
- 1274
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3059 is a barred spiral galaxy. It is located in the constellation of Carina. The galaxy can be described as being faint, large, and irregularly round. It was discovered on February 22, 1835, by John Herschel. The galaxy has been calculated to be 45 - 50 million lightyears from Earth.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1102734” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.