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Galaxy in the constellation Carina

NGC 3059
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3059
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	09 50 08.181
Declination	−73° 55′ 19.96″
Redshift	0.004244
Heliocentric radial velocity	1269.5 km/s
Distance	48.3 Mly (14.80 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.24
Apparent magnitude (B)	11.56
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)bc
Other designations
PGC 28298

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

^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
^ "NGC 3059". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ "Results for object NGC 3059 (NGC 3059)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
NGC 3059
New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3050 - 3099

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Constellation of Carina

Stars

Bayer	α (Canopus) β (Miaplacidus) ε (Avior) η θ ι (Aspidiske) υ χ ω
Variable	R S T (not variable) U Y RT AG BO CK EV GG HR IX OY PP (p) QZ V337 (q) V341 V343 (d) V344 (f) V345 (E) V357 (a) V371 (z) V372 V376 (b) V382 (x) V399 (P) V415 (A) V448 (O) V518 V520 (w) V528 V533 (y) V560 V602 V640 V742 V752 V759 V816 V817 V906
HR	2435 (N) 2934 (Q) 3159 (D) 3220 (B) 3260 (C) 3414 (e) 3415 (e) 3571 (c) 3598 (b) 3643 (G) 3663 (i) 3696 (g) 3728 (k) 3821 (H) 3825 (h) 3856 (m) 3884 (l) 4025 (M) 4089 (L) 4102 (I) 4114 (s) 4138 (K) 4142 4159 (r) 4164 (t) 4177 (t) 4205 4222 4257 (u) 4325 (z)
HD	53143 63765 (Tapecue) 65216 85628 92206 93129 93250 93403 95086 97950
Other	AWI0005x3s CPD−57°2874 DEN 0817−6155 1E 1048-59 Innes' star LHS 288 NGC 3603-A1 NGC 3603-B NGC 3603-C OGLE-TR-182 OGLE-TR-211 OGLE2-TR-L9 Sher 25 WR 20a WR 21a WR 22 WR 24 WR 25 WR 30a WR 31a WR 42e

Exoplanets	OGLE-TR-111b OGLE-TR-132b OGLE-TR-113b OGLE-TR-182b OGLE-TR-211b OGLE2-TR-L9b HD 63765 b (Yvaga) HD 65216 b HD 65216 c HD 85628 Ab HD 95086 b (Levantes) Gliese 422 b

Star
clusters

NGC	2516 2808 3114 3293 3324 3532 3603
Other	Carina OB1 Carina OB2 Collinder 228 IC 2602 IC 2714 Platais 8 Trumpler 14 Trumpler 15 Trumpler 16 Westerlund 2

Nebulae

NGC	2867 3199 3576 3579 3581 3582 3584 3586
Other	Carina Nebula Finger of God Globule G290.1-0.8 Hen 2-47 Homunculus Nebula IC 2220 IC 2448 IGR J11014−6103 RCW 49

Galaxies

NGC	3059
Other	Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

Galaxy clusters	Bullet Cluster

Astronomical events	GRB 000131 GRB 080916C