The centre of NGC 253
eso_eso0902b January 19th, 2009
Credit: ESO/NASA/ESA
Close-up of the central regions of the starburst galaxy NGC 253. This image is based on data obtained with the NACO instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the ACS on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Thanks to the VLT's sharp eye, astronomers have identified 37 bright regions, a threefold increase on previous results. These regions are probably very active nurseries that contain as many as one hundred thousand young, massive stars bursting from their dusty cocoons. The field of view is 15 arcseconds.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0902b
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.3
- Subject Name
- NGC 253
- Credits
- ESO/NASA/ESA
- Release Date
- 2009-01-19T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED.
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NACO, NACO, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- L, J, Near-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 3450, 1220, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 11.8884, -25.28852
- Reference Dimension
- 812.0, 812.0
- Reference Pixel
- 463.534349765, 291.243002269
- Scale
- -7.73425e-06, 7.73425e-06
- Rotation
- 1.23138869784
- 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
- eso0902b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0902b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-19T16:01:34+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
