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NGC 1313, John Bozeman

NGC 1313

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NGC 1313, John Bozeman

NGC 1313

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NGC 1313 (also known as the Topsy Turvy Galaxy) is a field galaxy and a barred spiral galaxy discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 27 September 1826. It has a diameter of about 50,000 light-years, or about half the size of the Milky Way. It is 12.9 million light years from Earth. NGC 1313 lies within the Virgo Supercluster.

Data from the Hubble Space Telescope MAST Portal. Release date:     2004-11-17 
Camera: ACS

Color Mapped:

Red-F814W
Green-F555W
Blue-F435W

Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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NGC 1313, John Bozeman