NGC 59

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 59

| image = File:NGC 59 HST.jpg

| caption = Hubble image of NGC 59

| constellation name = Cetus

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|15|25.126}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|-21|26|39.68}}

| appmag_v = 12.59

| absmag_b = 13.21

| type = S0{{cite simbad|title=NGC 59|access-date=2020-05-14}}

| dist_ly = {{cvt|5.30|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|bibcode=2014MNRAS.445..881C|title=The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry|last1=Cook|first1=David O.|last2=Dale|first2=Daniel A.|last3=Johnson|first3=Benjamin D.|last4=Van Zee|first4=Liese|last5=Lee|first5=Janice C.|last6=Kennicutt|first6=Robert C.|last7=Calzetti|first7=Daniela|author7-link= Daniela Calzetti |last8=Staudaher|first8=Shawn M.|last9=Engelbracht|first9=Charles W.|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|year=2014|volume=445|issue=1|page=881|doi=10.1093/mnras/stu1580|doi-access=free |arxiv=1408.1130}}

| names = {{odlist|PGC=1034|MCG=-04-01-026}}}}

NGC 59 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a probable member of the Sculptor Group. It is approximately 17 million light-years away.

NGC 59 has a stellar mass of 5x10⁸ {{Solar mass|link=true}} and it is a low-luminosity, low-metallicity galaxy. It has a young (2 to 6 billion years old) low-metallicity population at its center and an older (about 8 billion years old) overlaying population that has also a low metallicity.{{Cite journal |last1=Sansom |first1=A. E. |last2=Thirlwall |first2=J. J. |last3=Deakin |first3=M. A. |last4=Väisänen |first4=P. |last5=Kniazev |first5=A. Y. |last6=van Loon |first6=J. Th. |date=2015-06-01 |title=The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=450 |issue=2 |pages=1338–1348 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stv690 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1503.08054 |bibcode=2015MNRAS.450.1338S |issn=0035-8711}}