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.

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ESO

Om billedet

Id:eso0902a
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:19. januar 2009
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso0902
Størrelse:8285 x 7510 px

Om objektet

Navn:NGC 253
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Afstand:10 million lysår
Constellation:Sculptor
Kategori:Galaxies

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Koordinater

Position (RA):0 47 33.65
Position (Dec):-25° 17' 5.94"
Field of view:32.87 x 29.79 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord er 1.6° droite fra lodret

Farver & filtre

BåndBølgelængdeTeleskop
Infrarød
Near-IR
814 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optisk
Oiii
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisk
V
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Infrarød
J
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Optisk
R
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisk
H-alpha
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI

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