| NGC 3059 | |
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.jpg) Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3059 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Right ascension | 09h 50m 08.181s[1] |
| Declination | −73° 55′ 19.96″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004244[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1269.5 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 48.3 Mly (14.80 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.24[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.56[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)bc[3] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 28298[2] | |
NGC 3059 is abarred spiral galaxy. It is located in theconstellation ofCarina.[4] The galaxy can be described as being faint, large, and irregularly round. It was discovered on February 22, 1835, byJohn Herschel.[5] The galaxy has been calculated to be 45 - 50 million lightyears fromEarth.
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