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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 arcseconds on the sky. North is up and East is to the left.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
Id: | eso0434b |
Typ: | Pozorování |
Datum zveřejnění: | 18. listopadu 2004 |
Související články: | eso0434 |
Velikost: | 2156 x 2428 px |
O objektu
Jméno: | NGC 5253 |
Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
Vzdálenost: | 19 milion světelné roky |
Constellation: | Centaurus |
Kategorie: | Galaxies |
Souřadnice
Position (RA): | 13 39 55.74 |
Position (Dec): | -31° 38' 29.56" |
Field of view: | 1.36 x 1.54 arcminutes |
Orientace: | Sever je 40.2° pravá od svislé osy |
Barvy & filtry
Pásmo | Vlnová délka | Dalekohled |
---|---|---|
Infračervený I | 790 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Optický V | 550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Infračervený K | 2.16 μm | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |