Spiral Galaxy NGC 253*
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 | |
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MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) | Optical (Oiii) | - |
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MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) | Optical (V) | - |
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MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) | Optical (R) | - |
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MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (WFI) | Optical (H-alpha) | - |
