Big stellar cluster in the blue dwarf galaxy NGC 5253

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eso_eso0434a November 18th, 2004

Credit: ESO

Composite colour-coded image of the small starburst galaxy NGC 5253, at a distance of 11 million light-years. It is based on one near-infrared image (in the K-band at wavelength 2.16 μm; here coded red) obtained with the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and two images in the visual spectral region (V- (0.55 μm) and I-bands (0.79 μm), here blue and green, respectively) with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image covers 80 x 80 square arcseconds on the sky. North is up and East is to the left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0434a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 5253
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 39m 55.7s
DEC = -31° 38’ 29.6”
Orientation
North is 40.6° CW
Field of View
1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Green Hubble (None) Infrared (I) 790.0 nm
Blue Hubble (None) Optical (V) 550.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0434a
Subject Category
C.5.1.6  
Subject Name
NGC 5253
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-11-18T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0434a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
K, I, V
Central Wavelength
2160, 790, 550
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
204.982247222, -31.6415430556
Reference Dimension
2289.0, 2297.0
Reference Pixel
1172.10777987, 990.743439639
Scale
-9.24441e-06, 9.24441e-06
Rotation
-40.56318569677
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0434a
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T08:59:28+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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