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NGC 3079

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Right ascension: 10h 01m 57.88s
Declination: +55° 40′ 47.4″
Galactic l, b: 157.81, 48.36
Magnitude V: 10.86
Redshift z: 0.0035045
Radial velocity: 1,048.8 km/s
Angular size: 10.79′ × 2.716′

Also known as

55 identifiers

2MASX J10015792+55404802MFGC 77662XMM J100157.8+5540474C 55.196C 095835+5555177C 095835.10+555516.0087GB 095836.0+5555118C 0958+559BWE 0958+5555EQ 0958+559Gaia DR3 1044972316280901376GB6 B0958+5555IRAS 09585+5555IRAS 0958+559P15IRAS F09585+5555IVS B0958+559LEDA 29050[M98c] 095835.4+555511MY 095835.3+554053.3NGC 3079NVSS J100157+554048PBC J1002.0+5539PSCz Q09585+5555RGB J1001+556RX J100200+55405RX J1002.0+5541SDSS J100157.94+554047.8SDSS J100158.19+554048.4SWIFT J1001.7+5543SWIFT J1001.8+5541SWIFT J1001.8+5542TGSSADR J100157.8+554048TXS 0958+559UGC 5387UZC J100157.3+554054VIPS J10019+5540VLSS J1001.9+5540WB 0958+5555WISE J100157.82+554047.5WN B0958.5+5555Z 0958.5+5555Z 266-8[BAG2012] 150.4723+55.6943[CAB95] IRAS F09585+5555[CHM2007] LDC 700 J100157.92+5540480[HSN2016] J150.49+55.67MCG+09-17-010[NKB95] N3079[PVK2003] 150.49250 +55.67861[VDD93] 103[VV2000c] J100158.5+554050[VV2003c] J100158.5+554050[VV2006c] J100158.5+554050[VV2010c] J100158.5+554050[VV98c] J100157.8+554047

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[CPF88] 095835.0+555517.6	Maser	1.688″	—
SN 2001ci	Supernova	27.54″	18.3
QSO B0958+559	QSO	145″	18.38
GALEX J100218.8+554005	WhiteDwarf	181.9″	—
SDSS J100132.00+554106.2	QSO	219.6″	—
SDSS J100201.02+553648.2	QSO	240.6″	—
SDSS J100152.04+554455.1	QSO	252.6″	—
[T2015] nest 103087	PairG	310.3″	—
HD 86661	HighPM*	379.6″	7.95
Z 265-55	AGN Candidate	395.6″	—
HD 237859	Star	432.8″	9.41

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-3079 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.