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.

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Identificador:eso0221b
Tipo:Observación
Fecha de publicación:7 de Agosto de 2002
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Nombre:NGC 300
Tipo:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distancia:6 millón años luz
Constellation:Sculptor
Categoría:Galaxies
Nebulae

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Coordenadas

Position (RA):0 54 19.18
Position (Dec):-37° 35' 3.71"
Field of view:4.98 x 3.84 arcminutes
Orientación:El norte está a 0.1° a la izquierda de la vertical