ALMA Sees Starbursting Clouds Inside NGC 253

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Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); A. Leroy

ALMA image of starbursting clouds inside NGC 253. The red region is the lower density CO gas surrounding higher density star-forming regions in yellow.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/alma-sees-starbursting-clouds-inside-ngc-253/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 253 • Sculptor Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Distance

11,400,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 47m 36.4s; DEC = -25° 16’ 47.0”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 1.8 x 1.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
ALMA (None)	Millimeter (ALMA Band 3 CO)	2.6 mm
ALMA (None)	Millimeter (ALMA Band 3 HCN)	3.4 mm

ID: NRAO_Gallery009
Subject Category: C.5.3.3
Subject Name: NGC 253, Sculptor Galaxy
Credits: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); A. Leroy

Release Date
Lightyears: 11.4E+06
Redshift: 11.4E+06
Reference Url: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/alma-sees-starbursting-clouds-inside-ngc-253/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: ALMA, ALMA
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Yellow

Band: Millimeter, Millimeter
Bandpass: ALMA Band 3 CO, ALMA Band 3 HCN
Central Wavelength: 2.6E+06, 3.4E+06

Start Time: 2012-01-09T21:28:03.216000, 2012-07-02T09:15:31.488000
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 11.90173565000, -25.27973380000
Reference Dimension: 2166, 2129

Reference Pixel: 200.59172788653, 1677.77877752461
Scale: -0.00001387416, 0.00001387416
Rotation: -0.07746135478
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): NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL: https://public.nrao.edu
Name: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email: outreach@nrao.edu

Telephone
Address: 520 Edgemont Road
City: Charlottesville
State/Province: Virginia

Postal Code: 22903
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Publisher: NRAO
Publisher ID: nrao
Resource ID

Resource URL: https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NGC253ALMA.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2018-03-02T12:58:57-05:00
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11,400,000 light years