Spiral Galaxy NGC 253*

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eso_eso0902c January 19, 2009

Creator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei Mnchen, Germany

Image Source: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0902c/

Measuring 70 000 light-years across and laying 13 million light-years away, the nearly edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 253 is revealed here in an image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope at the La Silla Observatory. The image is based on data obtained through four different filters (R, V, H-alpha and OIII). North is up and East to the left. The field of view is 30 arcminutes.

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 253
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy » Type » Spiral

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Arrow_left_blue MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) Optical (Oiii) -
Arrow_left_green MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) Optical (V) -
Arrow_left_red MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) Optical (R) -
Arrow_left_red MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) Optical (H-alpha) -
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Arrow_top_green
Arrow_top_red
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