Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Reticulum (Ret)  ·  Contains:  HD20533  ·  HD20888  ·  NGC 1313
Topsy Turvy Galaxy, Jan Scheers
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Topsy Turvy Galaxy

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Topsy Turvy Galaxy

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NGC 1313, also known as the Topsy Turvy Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy in the direction of the southern constellation Reticulum. It has a diameter of about 50,000 light-years, or about half the size of the Milky Way.
It has been termed a "starburst" galaxy because the many new and massive blue stars and emission nebulae it contains are indicative of continuing star formation. The field also contains faint wispy nebulosity that appears to be associated with NGC 1313 and some "cosmic cirrus" from our own galaxy (see wide field image).

The first image was captured with the ASA500N telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time 160 minutes.
LRGB: 8 subs of 300s with each filter.

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Topsy Turvy Galaxy, Jan Scheers