Right ascension 11 58 31.13 Redshift 831 ± 1 km/s Type SBa | Declination +43° 56′ 50.1″ Apparent magnitude (V) 12.1B Constellation Ursa Major | |
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Distance 60.6 ± 8.1 Mly
(18.6 ± 2.5 Mpc) Similar NGC 4088, NGC 4216, NGC 4314, NGC 4194, NGC 4041 | ||
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.
Supernova SN 1989Z was discovered on December 30, 1989 at apparent magnitude 12.
References
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