NGC 1313
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| NGC 1313 | |
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 A Very Large Telescope (VLT) image of NGC 1313. Credit: ESO. |
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| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Reticulum |
| Right ascension | 03h 18m 15.4s [1] |
| Declination | -66° 29′ 50″ [1] |
| Distance | 1500 LY from the milky way |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 9.1 x 7.1 arcmin [1] |
| Other designations | |
| Topsy Turvy Galaxy | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
NGC 1313 (also known as Topsy Turvy Galaxy) is an barred spiral galaxy discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 27 September 1826. It has a strikingly uneven shape and its axis of rotation is not exactly in its centre[2]. In the vicinity of NGC 1313 there is another galaxy called NGC 1309. NGC 1309 was the site of supernova SN 1987k.
[edit] External links
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Astro News
- Wissenschaft.de
- GoBlack
- XMM-Newton Image Gallery
- Anglo-Australian Observatory
- The Topsy-Turvy Galaxy (ESO)
- Antilhue - Chile
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1313. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 8 Dec 2008.
- ^ "Astronomy Picture Of The Day". NASA. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090807.html.
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