Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 253

Eso_eso1152c_1024

eso_eso1152c December 15th, 2011

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.7 x 3.6 degrees. The galaxy NGC 253 appears at the centre of the picture and the globular star cluster NGC 288 at the lower left. The cluster is orbiting the Milky Way and is much closer to us than NGC 253, which lies about eleven million light-years from Earth.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1152c/

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 253
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst
Eso_eso1152c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 47m 12.0s
DEC = -25° 18’ 35.6”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
3.8 x 3.7 degrees
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1152c
Subject Category
C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
NGC 253
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Release Date
2011-12-15T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1152c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
11.799939477, -25.309891202
Reference Dimension
13412.0, 12897.0
Reference Pixel
6706.0, 6448.5
Scale
-0.000283321633382, 0.000283321633382
Rotation
0.060967322081828076
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
eso1152c
Metadata Date
2009-01-15T21:36:52+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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