NGC 3059
| Galaxy NGC 3059 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 50 m 08.1 s |
| declination | -73 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 3.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004193 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1257 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.4 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3059 • PGC 28298 • ESO 037-007 • IRAS 09496-7341 • 2MASX J09500818-7355199 • SGC 094938-7341.2 • GC 1967 • h 3205 • HIPASS J0950-73 | |
NGC 3059 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc and is located in the constellation Carina in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 47 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy has an angular extent of 3.6 '× 3.2' and an apparent magnitude of 10.8 mag.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 23, 1835 .