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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Identificazione:eso0221b
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:07 Agosto 2002
Notizie relative:eso0221
Grandezza:1258 x 968 px

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Nome:NGC 300
Tipo:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distanza:6 Milione Anni luce
Constellation:Sculptor
Categoria:Galaxies
Nebulae

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Position (RA):0 54 19.18
Position (Dec):-37° 35' 3.71"
Field of view:4.98 x 3.84 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 0.1° a sinistra della verticale