According to the Simbad database, NGC 2959 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.[2]
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 2959: SN 2021bbm (type II, mag. 17.4),[3] and SN 2023vog (type II, mag. 18.5).[4]