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.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0221b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 August 2002 |
| Related releases: | eso0221 |
| Size: | 1258 x 968 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 300 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 6 million light years |
| Constellation: | Sculptor |
| Category: | Galaxies Nebulae |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 54 19.18 |
| Position (Dec): | -37° 35' 3.71" |
| Field of view: | 4.98 x 3.84 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical R | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical H-alpha | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |