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Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 253

Eso_eso0902d_1024

eso_eso0902d July 27th, 2010

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.7 x 3.6 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 253
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Eso_eso0902d_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 47m 33.1s; DEC = -25° 17’ 18.2”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View: 3.8 x 3.7 degrees
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: eso0902d
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 253
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

Release Date: 2010-07-27T11:54:04
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED.

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 11.887832, -25.28839
Reference Dimension: 13412.0, 12897.0

Reference Pixel: 6426.06358432, 6529.54932331
Scale: -0.00028321606, 0.00028321606
Rotation: 0.10934695522
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Email

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: eso0902d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0902d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-15T21:36:52+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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