Wide-field view of NGC 253 from the VLT Survey Telescope
eso_eso1152a December 15th, 2011
Credit: ESO/INAF-VSTAcknowledgement: A. Grado/L. Limatola/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has captured in sharp detail the beauty of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 253. This new portrait is probably the best wide-field view of this object and its surroundings ever taken. It demonstrates that the VST, the newest telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory, provides broad views of the sky while also offering impressive image quality. Luminous regions of ongoing star formation are spread throughout NGC 253, which is pumping out new stars at a furious pace. The data were processed using the VST-Tube system developed by A. Grado and collaborators at the INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1152a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1152a
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.3
- Subject Name
- NGC 253
- Credits
- ESO/INAF-VSTAcknowledgement: A. Grado/L. Limatola/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
- Release Date
- 2011-12-15T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1152a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
- Instrument
- OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 775, 625, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 1500, 3718, 2100
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 11.888118, -25.288281
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1012.0
- Reference Pixel
- 628.003851556, 530.159104447
- Scale
- -0.0005284301, 0.0005284301
- Rotation
- -0.01189075469
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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
- eso1152a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1152a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-12-13T09:36:10+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
