Warm gas clouds in NGC 1300 mapped with MUSE on ESO’s VLT
This image of the nearby galaxy NGC 1300 was taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and it shows the distribution of warm gas clouds of ionised hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur gas, marking the presence of newly born stars.
NGC 1300 is a spiral galaxy, with a bar of stars and gas at its centre, located approximately 61 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus.
The images were taken as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) project, which is making high-resolution observations of nearby galaxies with telescopes operating across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Credit:ESO/PHANGS
About the Image
| Id: | ngc1300_maps-cc |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 July 2021, 14:00 |
| Size: | 886 x 877 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 1300 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Constellation: | Eridanus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 3 19 41.10 |
| Position (Dec): | -19° 24' 40.97" |
| Field of view: | 2.95 x 2.92 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical OIII | 499 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical SII | 673 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |