Myriad of Stars in Spiral Galaxy NGC 300

stsci_2004-13c April 8th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) Acknowledgment: F. Bresolin (Institute for Astronomy, U. Hawaii) and the Digitized Sky Survey

A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 300.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-13

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 300
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Star

Distance

6,500,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 54m 39.4s; DEC = -37° 38’ 9.1”
Orientation: North is 171.7° CW
Field of View: 3.0 x 4.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 2004-13c
Subject Category: C.5.1.1 C.3
Subject Name: NGC 300
Credits: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) Acknowledgment: F. Bresolin (Institute for Astronomy, U. Hawaii) and the Digitized Sky Survey

Release Date: 2004-04-08T00:00:00
Lightyears: 6,500,000
Redshift: 6,500,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-13

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, V, I
Central Wavelength: 435, 555, 814

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 13.66427171036, -37.63585831329
Reference Dimension: 1186.00, 1869.00

Reference Pixel: -402.99101207909, -315.24499924733
Scale: -0.00004213352, 0.00004213352
Rotation: -171.66208108116
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 571.47 1656.49 556.78 917.66 433.92 1737.22 825.80 705.33 505.30 1877.38 632.00 429.00 589.44 2063.39 398.78 61.96 831.10 1508.27 61.03 1293.25 655.75 1338.14 480.65 1600.11 422.62 1430.54 947.30 1336.23 438.30 1270.97 960.88 1677.95 Center Pixel Coordinates: 593.00 13.72594432977 934.50 -37.68236084867

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0413c-f-1186x1869.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/13

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

6,500,000 light years