NGC 3359

NGC 3359 is a barred spiral galaxy located 59 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered on November 28, 1793, by the astronomer William Herschel.^[4] The central bar is approximately 500 million years old.^[5]

NGC 3359
GALEX image of NGC 3359
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	10h 46m 36.845s[1]
Declination	+63° 13′ 25.10″[1]
Redshift	0.003373[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1009 ± 5 km/s[2]
Distance	59 Mly (18 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.57[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	11.03[3]
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)c[3]
Other designations
UGC 5873, MCG +11-13-037, PGC 32183[2]

NGC 3359 is "devouring" the much smaller galaxy, nicknamed the Little Cub.^[6]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3359: SN 1985H (type II, mag. 16) was discovered by J. C. Nemec and S. Staples on 3 April 1985.^[7][8]

Gallery

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  NGC 3359 in 32 inch telescope
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  Galaxy NGC 3359 in Ursa Major (HST)

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)