The Star Clusters of NGC 1313 (07/Aug/09)

[Jay-qu]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090807.html
Repeated APOD from 26th Jan '07
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070126.html

Ripped off

[apodman]

Brief discussion of APOD 070126:

http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... f=9&t=9709

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NGC 1313 is somewhat rough-cut for a barred spiral, isn't it? This APOD shows only the inner region, but even a picture of the whole galaxy looks loosely structured to me.

[bystander]

Hubble News Release Number: STScI-2007-05

NGC 1313 is somewhat rough-cut for a barred spiral, isn't it? This APOD shows only the inner region, but even a picture of the whole galaxy looks loosely structured to me.

Apodman's picture shows a definite central bar with two (albeit very short) spiral arms coming off the bar. May be a young galaxy??? I wonder how much more spiral structure might be revealed in other wavelengths.

BTW: apodman's picture is also APOD: 2006 Nov 28 - Unusual Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313.

See: ESO: Topsy-Turvy Galaxy: VLT Image of Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313

The captivating appearance of this image of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313, taken with the FORS instrument at ESO's Very Large Telescope, belies its inner turmoil. The dense clustering of bright stars and gas in its arms, a sign of an ongoing boom of star births, shows a mere glimpse of the rough times it has seen. Probing ever deeper into the heart of the galaxy, astronomers have revealed many enigmas that continue to defy our understanding.

Larger region of the sky around the starburst galaxy NGC 1313 showing the larger scale disturbance of the galaxy. The galaxy shows some large deformations in the lower right part of the image, while diffuse matter is also present at the top of the image. All this signals a very tormented past which could be at the origin of the burst of star formation.

Better wide field at http://www.astrosurf.com/antilhue/ngc1313.htm
AAO Deep Field at http://www.aao.gov.au/images/deep_html/n1313_d.html (mouse over)

[emc]

Perhaps NGC 1313 is an obvious warning from those not so friendly but extremely industrious space alien cosmic industrial engineering warrior types.



… from cosmic eyes to this alien message implication… “Humans, take a look at what you call NGC 1313. This is just a small example of what can happen to your precious Milky Way!… It only required two meager X1 disruptors to topsy-turvy NGC 1313… Ha! And what a wimpy name for a galaxy ‘Milky Way’… it would be no challenge to disrupt your serene little galaxy and smash your whiny little planet.”

[neufer]

Perhaps NGC 1313 is an obvious warning from those not so friendly but extremely industrious space alien cosmic industrial engineering warrior types. … from cosmic eyes to this alien message implication… “Humans, take a look at what you call NGC 1313. This is just a small example of what can happen to your precious Milky Way!… It only required two meager X1 disruptors to topsy-turvy NGC 1313… Ha! And what a wimpy name for a galaxy ‘Milky Way’… it would be no challenge to disrupt your serene little galaxy and smash your whiny little planet.”

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Halley's Comet in the Bayeux Tapestry.
The first appearance of the comet would have been
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"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_our_Lives
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090807.html

Explanation: Like grains of sand on a cosmic beach, individual stars of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1313 are resolved in this sharp composite from the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Hubble's unique ability to distinguish individual stars in the 14 million light-year distant galaxy has been used to unravel the fate of star clusters whose bright young stars are spread through the disk of the galaxy as the clusters dissolve. The exploration of stars and clusters in external galaxy NGC 1313 offers clues to star formation and star cluster evolution in our own Milky Way.
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DAUPHIN of France: it is a theme as fluent as the sea:
. turn the sands into eloquent tongues,
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[apodman]

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."

[bystander]

It only required two meager X1 disruptors to topsy-turvy NGC 1313…

Actually, it was a ULX-1 and a ULX-2 with a SN 1978K thrown in for effect.
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sc ... .php?id=21
http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sc ... hp?id=1049

[apodman]

It only required two meager X1 disruptors to topsy-turvy NGC 1313…

Come on, man, you get a Series Four De-atomizer and I get a little midgy cricket?

[neufer]

Like sands through the hourglass,

so are the days of our lives."

Very observant, apodman

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• . Neary driving his truck through a tunnel while chasing the UFOs
  
  . A few seconds of Neary watching Days Of Our Lives on TV after completing his Devil's Tower model
  
  . And a brief shot of Neary and Jillian running towards a helicopter.>>

[apodman]

Very observant, apodman

Not really. It was grandma's favorite soap. She never missed a day. A big joke in my family I can't ignore if I try.