NGC 1313

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NGC 1313
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A Very Large Telescope (VLT) image of NGC 1313.
Credit: ESO.
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Reticulum
Right ascension 03h 18m 15.4s [1]
Declination −66° 29′ 50″ [1]
Redshift 0.001568 [1]
Distance 12.886 Mly [1]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)d [1]
Apparent size  (V)9.1 x 7.1 arcmin [1]
Other designations
Topsy Turvy Galaxy, PGC 12286, ESO 082- G 011

NGC 1313 (also known as the Topsy Turvy Galaxy [2] ) is a field galaxy [3] and a irregular galaxy [4] discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 27 September 1826. [5] It has a diameter of about 50,000 light-years, or about half the size of the Milky Way. [6]

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NGC 1313 lies within the Virgo Supercluster. [7]

In 2007, a rare WO star was discovered in NGC 1313, [8] currently known by its only designation of [HC2007] 31. It is of spectral type WO3. [8] The derived absolute magnitude is about -5, [8] which is very high for a single WO star. (WOs usually have absolute magnitudes of about -1 to -4) This means that the WO is likely part of a binary or a small stellar association. [8]

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 2841: SN 1962M (type II, mag. 11.7), [9] and SN 1978K (type II, mag. 16). [10]

Features

NGC 1313 has a strikingly uneven shape and its axis of rotation is not exactly in its centre. [11] NGC 1313 also shows strong starburst activity [12] and associated supershells. [13] NGC 1313 is dominated by scattered patches of intense star formation, which gives the galaxy a rather ragged appearance. [14] The uneven shape, the ragged appearance and the strong starburst can all be explained by a galactic collision in the past. [15] However, NGC 1313 seems to be an isolated galaxy and has no direct neighbours. Therefore, it is not clear whether it has swallowed a small companion in its past. [2]

Young, blue stars are scattered across the galaxy. [16] This is evidence of infant mortality in which the young open clusters quickly became gravitationally "unglued", scattering their resident stars into the galaxy. [17] The galaxy bears some resemblance to the Magellanic Clouds [18] and hosts two ultraluminous X-ray sources, called NGC 1313 X-1 and X-2. [19] The former is a rare intermediate-mass black hole. [20] [21]

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