... 30.03.2010 . ... Spiral galaxy NGC 1313 , however, appears to be alone. Brightly lit with new and blue massive stars, star formation appears so rampant in NGC 1313 that it has been labeled a starburst galaxy . ... Pictured above , NGC 1313 spans about 50,000 light years and lies only about 15 million light years away toward the constellation of the Reticle ( Reticulum ). Continued numerical modeling of galaxies like NGC 1313 might shed some light on its unusual nature. ... March 2010 . ...