Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4013
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NGC 4013, John Bozeman
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NGC 4013

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NGC 4013

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NGC 4013 is an edge-on barred spiral galaxy about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The disk of NGC 4013 shows a distinct "peanut"-shaped bulge in long exposure photographs that N-body computer simulations suggest is consistent with a stellar bar seen perpendicular to the line of sight. A recent deep color image of NGC 4013 revealed a looping tidal stream of stars extending over 80 thousand light-years from the Galactic Center. This structure is thought to be the remnants of a smaller galaxy that was torn apart by tidal forces as it collided with NGC 4013.


Two panel mosaic from SDSS DR12 Science Archive Server (SAS)


Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Color Mapped:

Red - r
Green - g
Blue - g

Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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NGC 4013, John Bozeman