NGC 7013
NGC 7013 is another
spiral galaxy. It is tilted slightly toward us so that we
can see the galaxy "arms", however, the classification of this
galaxy puts it into either a restricted spiral class or
lenticular class. The arms in the inner ring appear to
completely disconnect from the center (hence ring), while the
outer stars appear to have very little arm pattern (hence
lenticular). However in this recent image, more of the
arms and connections to the interior "ring" are slightly
evident. The bright yellowish star may look like its
in one of the arms, but it is in our own galaxy. It is in
fact about 25 times fainter than the faintest star you can see
at night and while it looks large its size is over a million
million times smaller than the more distance galaxy. Below
is an original image I took of this galaxy with the C-11.
The stats for this galaxy are RA: 21h 03m 33.5s, Dec: +29° 53'
50", Mag: 12.4 (B), Size: 4.4'x1.4', and Class: SA(r)0/a.
Optics: |
RC Optical System 20" F/8.2 (4165.6 mm Focal Length) |
Date: |
August 2011 |
Camera: |
SBIG ST10XME with Adaptive Optics |
Location: |
Columbus, Texas |
Exposure: |
LRGB = 400:80:80:110 minutes |
Imager: |
Kent E. Biggs |