Comet Enthusiast

This gorgeous,  oddly shaped galaxy is nearly 50 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, Seen edge-on, this spiral galaxy is known for its flattened disk and central bulge of stars, cut by silhouetted dust lanes.

A recent deep color image of NGC 4013 below revealed a looping tidal stream of stars extending over 80 thousand light-years from the galactic core. This structure is thought to be the remnants of a smaller galaxy that was torn apart by tidal forces as it collided with NGC 4013. Supernova SN 1989Z was discovered on December 30, 1989 at apparent magnitude 12.