The starburst galaxy NGC 253

NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies in the sky, and also one of the dustiest. The whole galaxy is shown here as observed with the WFI instrument, while the insert shows a close-up of the central parts as observed with the NACO instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope and the ACS on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This unique set of observations has allowed a team of astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain) to study the galaxy in great detail, uncovering many young, massive and dusty stellar nurseries. They also found that the centre of this galaxy appears to harbour a twin of our own Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

Kredit:

ESO

O snímku

Id:eso0902a
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:19. ledna 2009
Související články:eso0902
Velikost:8285 x 7510 px

O objektu

Jméno:NGC 253
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Vzdálenost:10 milion světelné roky
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategorie:Galaxies

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):0 47 33.65
Position (Dec):-25° 17' 5.94"
Field of view:32.87 x 29.79 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 1.6° pravá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

PásmoVlnová délkaDalekohled
Infračervený
Near-IR
814 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optický
Oiii
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optický
V
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Infračervený
J
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Optický
R
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optický
H-alpha
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI

Poznámky: WFI data is for the main picture of NGC 253, all other observation data refers to the close-up image.