The Cosmos with NGC 1313
NGC 1313 (also known as the Topsy Turvy Galaxy) is a field galaxy and a barred spiral galaxy discovered by the Scottish astronomerJames Dunlop on 27 September 1826. It has a diameter of about 50,000 light-years, or about half the size of the Milky Way. NGC 1313 lies within the Virgo Supercluster. NGC 1313 has…