IRAS 08311-2248, MCG-04-21-003, UGCA 141, PGC 23997[7]
NGC 2613 is aspiral galaxy in the southernconstellation ofPyxis, next to the western constellation border withPuppis. It was discovered by the German-born astronomerWilliam Herschel on November 20, 1784.[8] With anapparent visual magnitude of 10.5, the galaxy is faintly visible using a telescope with a 100 mm (4 in)aperture. It appears spindle-shaped as it is almost edge-on to observers on Earth.[9]
Themorphological classification of NGC 2613 is SA(s)b,[4] indicating a spiral galaxy with nobar or ring, and moderately tightly-woundspiral arms. It is inclined by an angle of approximately 79° to the line of sight from the Earth[5] and is oriented with the long axis along aposition angle of 133°.[4] The radius of neutral hydrogen in the galaxy is about 35 kpc,[10] and the mass of the neutral hydrogen is(8.73±0.32)×109M☉. The galaxy has a combined dynamic mass of(7.50±0.87)×1011M☉.[5]
NGC 2613 has anactive galactic nucleus that is deeply embedded in obscuring gas and dust.[5] Emission data collected by theVery Large Array shows a feature resembling atidal tail along the southeast side of the galaxy, which was most likely produced by an interaction with the small companion galaxy, ESO 495-G017, now located to the northwest of NGC 2613.[10]
On 20 March 2023, asupernova was observed in NGC 2613: SN 2023dtc (Type Ib, mag. 18).[11]
^abSkrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006)."The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)".The Astronomical Journal.131 (2):1163–1183.Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S.doi:10.1086/498708.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
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