Cepheids in NGC 300
eso_eso0221b August 7th, 2002
Credit: ESO
Some of the Cepheid type stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 300 (at the centre of the markers), as they were identified by Wolfgang Gieren and collaborators during the research programme for which the WFI images of NGC 300 were first obtained. In this area of NGC 300, there is also a huge cloud of ionized hydrogen (a "HII shell"). It measures about 2,000 light-years in diameter, thus dwarfing even the enormous Tarantula Nebula in the LMC.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0221b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0221b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 300
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2002-08-07T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0221b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 13.5799255937, -37.5843633862
- Reference Dimension
- 1258.0, 968.0
- Reference Pixel
- 629.0, 484.0
- Scale
- -6.60383033302e-05, 6.60383033302e-05
- Rotation
- 0.095779053610001927
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso0221b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0221b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2008-12-19T14:39:16+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
