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Warm gas clouds in NGC 1300 mapped with MUSE on ESO’s VLT

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eso_ngc1300_maps-cc July 16th, 2021

Credit: ESO/PHANGS

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.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1300_maps-cc/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 1300
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Barred

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 19m 41.1s; DEC = -19° 24’ 41.0”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Eridanus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (MUSE)	Optical (SII)	673.0 nm
	VLT (MUSE)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
	VLT (MUSE)	Optical (OIII)	499.0 nm

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ID: ngc1300_maps-cc
Subject Category: C.5.1.1 C.5.1.2
Subject Name: NGC 1300
Credits: ESO/PHANGS

Release Date: 2021-07-16T14:00:53.530410
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1300_maps-cc/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: SII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength: 673, 656, 499

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Dataset ID: None, None, None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 49.9212312547, -19.4113792066
Reference Dimension: 886.0, 877.0

Reference Pixel: 443.0, 438.5
Scale: -5.55234196978e-05, 5.55234196978e-05
Rotation: 0.020000000000000063
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

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

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: ngc1300_maps-cc

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ngc1300_maps-cc.tif
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Metadata Date: 2021-06-01T16:49:54+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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