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Vinony's link graph records 484 inbound references to Q1102734, and connects out to Q1105445, epoch and NGC 3977.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1835, Barred spiral galaxies and Carina (constellation).
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.004243600179050455
- Coordinates
- RA 147.5341° · Dec -73.9222°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Carina
- Right ascension
- 09 50 08.181
- Declination
- −73 ° 55 ′ 19.96 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1269.5 km/s
- Distance
- 48.3 Mly (14.80 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)bc
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC3059-hst-R814G606B450.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- SBc
- catalog code
- LEDA 28298
- Commons category
- NGC 3059
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-03-23
- apparent magnitude
- 7.958
- redshift
- 0.004203
- right ascension
- 147.5340875
- declination
- -73.9222111
- radial velocity
- 1274
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 3059 is a barred spiral galaxy. It is located in the constellation of Carina. The galaxy can be described as being faint, large, and irregularly round. It was discovered on February 22, 1835, by John Herschel. The galaxy has been calculated to be 45 - 50 million lightyears from Earth.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1102734” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.