Distant galaxies behind NGC 300
eso_eso0221g August 7th, 2002
Credit: ESO
An area in the outer regions of NGC 300. Disks of spiral galaxies are usually quite "thin" (some hundred light-years), as compared to their radial extent (tens of thousands of light-years across). In areas where only small amounts of dust are present, it is possible to see much more distant galaxies right through the disk of NGC 300, as demonstrated by this image.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0221g/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0221g
- 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/eso0221g/
- 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
- 13.72316, -37.684471
- Reference Dimension
- 1055.0, 797.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2090.12246679, -777.972828016
- Scale
- -6.587859e-05, 6.587859e-05
- Rotation
- 0.22180156572
- 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
- eso0221g
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0221g.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-07T16:18:21+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
