NGC 2713

NGC 2713
NGC 2713

NGC 2713 is a barred spiral galaxy located more than 200 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra.

NGC 2713 may be interacting with NGC 2716 a lenticular galaxy which has caused NGC 2713 to have radio emissions.

NGC 2713 shines at a magnitude of 12 and given the distance is likely twice the size of our own galaxy.

NGC 2713 is a LINER-type galaxy with an active nucleus and a supermassive black hole.

Some areas of star formation are visible, but there does not appear to be a high level of activity.

Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby

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