NGC 3079 · galaxy
NGC 3079
NGC 3079 is a barred spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away, and located in the constellation Ursa Major.
RA10h 01m 57sDec+55° 40' 46"
Image: NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute. Source: STSCI via images.nasa.gov.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- NGC 3079
- All designations
- NGC 3079
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Best viewing
- Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 10h 01m 57s
- Declination (J2000)
- +55° 40' 46"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.003689
Visibility tonight
The science
NGC 3079 is a barred spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away, and located in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 1 April 1790.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via id — the catalog designation was a Wikipedia article title directly.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used