NGC 3059 is a fairly faint (10.8mag visual) barred spiral galaxy (type SBbc),which you can find in the constallation of Carina.Sized 3,6' × 3,2' it was first seen by John Herschel in 1835.
position (epoch2000):
RA.: 09h 50m 08,2s
Decl.: -73° 55′ 19,9″
image data:
LRGB image with L = 26x1200s, RGB = 8x1200s each,a total of 16.7 hours
80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain, FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB GenII filters
Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled
image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken
this is a look to NGC3059 with 92% of the CCD´s-FOV.Click here for a full resolution.
this is a more detailed look to this Carina-Galaxy:
here you can find a very detailed picture of NGC3059 taken with the HST.