NGC 300 Detail 1

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esahubble_heic0819f September 30th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton and B. Williams (University of Washington)

Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys shows individual as well as clusters of stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 300, located approximately 7 million light-years away from Earth. In this image, a dense swarm of stars, patches of dust, and a bright star cluster are visible, all located near the nucleus of the galaxy. Similar clusters are thought to be related to the formation of supermassive black holes.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0819f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 300
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_heic0819f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 54m 52.2s
DEC = -37° 41’ 15.9”
Orientation
North is 29.8° CW
Field of View
0.8 x 1.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Yellow
Blue
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ID
heic0819f
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 300
Credits
NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton and B. Williams (University of Washington)
Release Date
2008-09-30T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0819f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Yellow, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 606, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
13.7175782243, -37.6877589658
Reference Dimension
1253.0, 2532.0
Reference Pixel
626.5, 1266.0
Scale
-1.03982652905e-05, 1.03982652905e-05
Rotation
-29.839999999999982
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0819f
Metadata Date
2008-09-25T16:18:30-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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