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Hubble sees stars as numerous as grains of sand in nearby galaxy (ground-based image)

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esahubble_opo0413b April 8th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

A ground-based Digitized Sky Survey image NGC 300.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0413b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IRAS 00525-3757 • NGC 300
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Component > Spiral Arm

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 54m 54.5s; DEC = -37° 40’ 58.5”
Orientation: North is 180.2° CCW
Field of View: 22.8 x 30.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-

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ID: opo0413b
Subject Category: C.5.4.7
Subject Name: IRAS 00525-3757, NGC 300
Credits: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

Release Date: 2004-04-08T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0413b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: I
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 13.7271271175, -37.682919551
Reference Dimension: 805.0, 1060.0

Reference Pixel: 402.5, 530.0
Scale: -0.000471712815303, 0.000471712815303
Rotation: 180.17999999999998
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0413b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0413b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-03-31T16:25:15-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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