Tags: Galaxy.
NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy about 75 million light years away in the constellation Sextans. It has the morphological classification SA(s)a pec which indicates this is a pure unbarred spiral galaxy with tightly-wound arms and peculiar features. There is an asymmetrical spiral arm and an extended halo around the galaxy.This is a LINER 2 galaxy that displays an extended emission of X-rays in the region of the nucleus.
