Wednesday, January 1, 2020

NGC 3313 is a large barred spiral galaxy in Hydra

NGC 3313 is a large barred spiral galaxy[2][3] located about 55 megaparsecs (180 million light-years) away in the constellation Hydra.[4] It was discovered by astronomer Ormond Stone in 1886[5][6] and is an outlying member of the Hydra Cluster.[

Ormond Stone (January 11, 1847 – January 17, 1933), was an American astronomer, mathematician and educator.

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