NGC 3259
| Galaxy NGC 3259 |
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| NGC 3259 as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 32 m 34.8 s |
| declination | + 65 ° 02 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc: / BLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005624 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 1686 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(80 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.4 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3259 • UGC 5717 • PGC 31145 • CGCG 313-21 • MCG + 11-13-027 • IRAS 10291 + 6517 • 2MASX J10323481 + 6502277 • GC 2117 • H II 870 • h 715 • SDSS J103234.86 + 650227.9 • HIJASS J1032 + 65 • RX J103234 + 65024 | |
NGC 3259 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky , which is an estimated 80 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 3, 1791 by Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- astronews.com: Picture of the day January 9, 2012
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database