NGC 3259

NGC 3259
NGC 3259 is a bright barred spiral galaxy located approximately 110 million light-years from Earth.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	10^h 32^m 34.816^s[1]
Declination	+65° 02′ 27.79″[1]
Helio radial velocity	+1,677[2] km/s
Distance	89.7 Mly (27.5 Mpc)[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(rs)bc[3]
Mass	1.26 × 10^10[2] M☉
Other designations
UGC 5717

NGC 3259 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 90^[2] million light-years from Earth, in the Ursa Major constellation. It has the morphological classification SAB(rs)bc,^[3] which indicates that it is a spiral galaxy with a weak bar across the nucleus (SAB), an incomplete inner ring structure circling the bar (rs), and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms (bc).^[4] This galaxy is a known source of X-ray emission and it has an active galactic nucleus of the Seyfert 2 type.^[2]

References

1. Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
2. Seth, Anil; et al. (May 2008), "The Coincidence of Nuclear Star Clusters and Active Galactic Nuclei", The Astrophysical Journal, 678 (1): 116–130, arXiv:0801.0439, Bibcode:2008ApJ...678..116S, doi:10.1086/528955.
3. Hughes, M. A.; et al. (August 2003), "An Atlas of Hubble Space Telescope Spectra and Images of Nearby Spiral Galaxies", The Astronomical Journal, 126 (2): 742–761, Bibcode:2003AJ....126..742H, doi:10.1086/376744.
4. Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 0521820480.

Coordinates: 10^h 32^m 34.816^s, +65° 02′ 27.79″