Q644518

Also known as New General Catalogue 3079

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

Key facts

Constellation: Ursa Major
Right ascension: 10 01 57.9268
Declination: +55 ° 40 ′ 46.926 ″
Redshift: 1116 ± 1 km/ s
Distance: 50 Mly
Group or cluster: NGC 3079 Group (LGG 188)
Type: SB(s)c
Size: ~135,600 ly (41.58 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 7.9 ′ × 1.4 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 19.4
Image: NGC 3079.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 3079
galaxy morphological type: SBc
catalog code: GB6 B0958+5555
time of discovery or invention: 1790-04-01
apparent magnitude: 11.492
right ascension: 150.490847583
declination: 55.679789667
radial velocity: 1127
redshift: 0.003766

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NGC 3079 is a barred spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away, and located in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 1 April 1790.

The SIMBAD database lists NGC 3079 as a Seyfert II Galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.