Spiral galaxy NGC 253*
eso_eso0902c January 19th, 2009
Credit: ESO
Measuring 70 000 light-years across and laying 13 million light-years away, the nearly edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 253 is revealed here in an image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory. The image is based on data obtained through four different filters (R, V, H-alpha and OIII). North is up and East to the left. The field of view is 30 arcminutes.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0902c
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 253
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2009-01-19T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED.
- 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
- Red, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, Oiii
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 11.8902020999, -25.2849846151
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1160.0
- Reference Pixel
- 638.0, 578.0
- Scale
- -0.000427947507617, 0.000427947507617
- Rotation
- -1.57086658389
- 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
- eso0902c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0902c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-19T14:34:27+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
