View source for Astronomy:NGC 3059

{{short description|Galaxy in the constellation Carina}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 3059
| image = [[File:NGC3059-hst-R814G606B450.jpg|250px]]
| caption = [[Astronomy:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] image of NGC 3059
| epoch = [[Astronomy:J2000|J2000]]
| constellation name = [[Astronomy:Carina (constellation)|Carina]]
| ra = {{RA|09|50|08.181}}<ref name=2MASS>{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|-73|55|19.96}}<ref name=2MASS/>
| h_radial_v = 1269.5 km/s<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| z = 0.004244<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| dist_ly = {{cvt|14.80|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=NED>{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203059&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 3059 (NGC 3059)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref>
| group_cluster = 
| type = SB(rs)bc<ref name=NED/>
| size = 
| appmag_v = 11.24<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| appmag_b = 11.56<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| absmag_v = 
| size_v = 
| notes =
| names = {{odlist|UGC=|MCG=|PGC=28298}}<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 3059|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref>
}}

'''NGC 3059''' is a [[Astronomy:Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral galaxy]]. It is located in the [[Astronomy:Constellation|constellation]] of [[Astronomy:Carina (constellation)|Carina]].<ref>[http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~ozprof/3059c.htm NGC 3059]</ref> The galaxy can be described as being faint, large, and irregularly round. It was discovered on February 22, 1835, by [[Biography:John Herschel|John Herschel]].<ref>[http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc30a.htm New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3050 - 3099]</ref> The galaxy has been calculated to be 45 - 50 million lightyears from [[Astronomy:Earth|Earth]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://server7.sky-map.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=533&object_name=NGC+3059&locale=EN NGC 3059 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP]
*[http://www.deepskypedia.com/wiki/NGC_3059 NGC 3059 - DeepSkyPedia :: Astronomy]
*[http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1990A%26A...233..372B&amp;data_type=PDF_HIGH&amp;whole_paper=YES&amp;type=PRINTER&amp;filetype=.pdf The kinematics of the barred spiral galaxy NGC3059* - Harvard.edu]

{{Stars of Carina}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 3059}}
[[Category:NGC objects|3059]]
[[Category:Carina (constellation)]]
[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|028298]]

{{Sourceattribution|NGC 3059}}