Starbursting sculptor galaxy

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eso_potw1017a April 26th, 2010

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/ R. Gendler, U. G. Jørgensen, J. Skottfelt, K. Harpsøe

NGC 253, also known as the Sculptor Galaxy, is the brightest of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, found in the constellation of the same name, and lying approximately 13 million light-years from Earth. The Sculptor Galaxy is known as a starburst galaxy for its current high rate of star formation, one result of which is its superwind, a stream energetic material spewing out from the centre of the galaxy out into space. The purple light comes from that frenzy of star formation, which originally began 30 million years ago, while the yellowish colour is created by dust lit up by young, massive stars. This image combines observations performed through three different filters (B, V, R) with the 1.5-metre Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1017a/

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 Sculptor Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 47m 33.7s
DEC = -25° 17’ 1.7”
Orientation
North is 135.0° CCW
Field of View
30.2 x 15.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (R) -
Green ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (V) -
Blue ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
potw1017a
Subject Category
C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
NGC 253, Sculptor Galaxy
Credits
ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/ R. Gendler, U. G. Jørgensen, J. Skottfelt, K. Harpsøe
Release Date
2010-04-26T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1017a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
11.8904989021, -25.2837951518
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 670.0
Reference Pixel
668.0, 338.0
Scale
-0.000392863161791, 0.000392863161791
Rotation
135
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
potw1017a
Metadata Date
2010-04-23T14:07:56+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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