NGC 3079 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 3079

NGC 3079

This edge-on Seyfert starburst spiral galaxy is located 50 million light years away in the constellation of Ursa Major at a declination of +56 degrees. It is a magnitude 11 galaxy which spans 8 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a Milky Way size diameter of 120,000 light years.

Our view of the galaxy is primarily edge-on. The inside of the galaxy looks like a turbulent, forming thunderstorm. The galaxy seems to rise up like a hill as one moves towards the core. It is believed that this shape is caused by intense star formation. The star formation is likely caused by interaction with nearby companion galaxies such as LEDA 28990, seen to the lower right in the image.

The outer edges contain blue star clouds and dark dust lanes. Note how the left edge is warped down and the right edge is warped up.

At the lower left outer edge of the galaxy is an interesting object which looks like a strange, wavy blue star cloud bordered by 2 blue foreground stars.

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RA (center)	10h01m57s.527
RA (top/left)	10h03m08s.445
RA (top/right)	10h02m28s.690
RA (bottom/right)	10h00m46s.470
RA (bottom/left)	10h01m26s.656

Dec (center)	+55°40′50″.88
Dec (top/left)	+55°31′54″.51
Dec (top/right)	+55°53′32″.21
Dec (bottom/right)	+55°49′45″.70
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°28′08″.56

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