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

ngc 3359是一个位于大熊座的棒旋星系，距离地球5900万光年，1793年11月28日由威廉·赫歇爾发现 [4] ，星系中心年龄约为5亿年 [5] 。

NGC 3359 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. NGC 3359 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere.

2017年7月3日 · A false color image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3359, which is about 50 million light years from us. NGC 3359 appears to be devouring a much smaller gas-rich dwarf galaxy, nicknamed the Little Cub, which contains 10,000 times fewer stars than its larger companion.

NGC 3359 is an Barred Spiral Galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major in the northern hemisphere. NGC 3359's distance from Earth is 52,136,096.97 light years. NGC 3359 is called NGC 3359 in the New General Catalogue (NGC).

NGC 3359 is a nice barred spiral in Ursa Major about 50 light-years distant (redshift says 53, the Gemini page says 49 and other sources say about the same range). NED classes it as SB(rs)c, while the NGC project says SBc.

2009年4月1日 · NGC 3359 is a moderately large object in the sky. The angular size of this image is 4.3 x 5.3 arcminutes. It is a relatively close example of a spiral galaxy at a distance of roughly 49 million light-years. NGC 3359 is located in the constellation Ursa Major and has an apparent magnitude of 10.5.

NGC 3359是位于的一个它的赤经为 1046.6，赤纬为 63° 13′，。

From Virginia Beach , NGC3359 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 18:59 (EST), 38° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:29, 36° above your north-western horizon. "Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973. "HYPERLEDA. I.

This object is a beautiful barred spiral galaxy located 60 million light years away in the constellation of Ursa Major at a declination of +63 degrees. This magnitude 10.6 galaxy spans 7 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 120,000 light years.