Big Stellar Cluster in the Blue Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5253
Composite colour-coded image of the small starburst galaxy NGC 5253, at a distance of 11 million light-years. It is based on one near-infrared image (in the K-band at wavelength 2.16 μm; here coded red) obtained with the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and two images in the visual spectral region (V- (0.55 μm) and I-bands (0.79 μm), here blue and green, respectively) with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image covers 80 x 80 square arcseconds on the sky. North is up and East is to the left.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0434a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 18 November 2004 |
| Related releases: | eso0434 |
| Size: | 2289 x 2297 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 5253 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular • Galaxies • Star Clusters |
| Distance: | 11 million light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13h 39m 55.74s |
| Position (Dec): | -31° 38' 29.56" |
| Field of view: | 1.27 x 1.27 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 40.6° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
| Infrared I |
790 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
| Infrared K |
2.16 μm | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
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