Tags: Galaxy.
NGC 3259 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 90 million light-years from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation. It has the morphological classification SAB(rs)bc which indicates that it is a spiral galaxy with a weak bar across the nucleus (SAB) an incomplete inner ring structure circling the bar (rs) and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms (bc). This galaxy is a known source of X-ray emission and it has an active galactic nucleus of the Seyfert 2 type.
