The surroundings of NGC 300

Eso_eso1004d_1024

eso_eso1004d January 27th, 2010

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This wide field image, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the area around the spiral galaxy, NGC 300, six million light-years from Earth.The field of view is about 2.92x2.94 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1004d/

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 300
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso1004d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 54m 53.5s
DEC = -37° 41’ 3.2”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 658.0 nm
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 445.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Blue
Eso_eso1004d_1280
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ID
eso1004d
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 300
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2010-01-27T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1004d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
658, 445
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
13.722861, -37.684236
Reference Dimension
10465.0, 10584.0
Reference Pixel
5252.44641128, 5283.76389112
Scale
-0.0002833417, 0.0002833417
Rotation
0.25260523006
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
eso1004d
Metadata Date
2010-01-21T11:56:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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