Cepheids in NGC 300

Some of the Cepheid type stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 300 (at the centre of the markers), as they were identified by Wolfgang Gieren and collaborators during the research programme for which the WFI images of NGC 300 were first obtained. In this area of NGC 300, there is also a huge cloud of ionized hydrogen (a "HII shell"). It measures about 2,000 light-years in diameter, thus dwarfing even the enormous Tarantula Nebula in the LMC.

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O snímku

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Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:7. srpna 2002
Související články:eso0221
Velikost:1258 x 968 px

O objektu

Jméno:NGC 300
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Vzdálenost:6 milion světelné roky
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategorie:Galaxies
Nebulae

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):0 54 19.18
Position (Dec):-37° 35' 3.71"
Field of view:4.98 x 3.84 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.1° levá od svislé osy