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Spiral galaxy NGC 253 in Sculptor

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-gax02-53009

Image Size 300 DPI: 70 * 63 cm

Measuring 70 000 light-years across and lying 13 million light-years away, the nearly edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 253 is revealed here in an image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope at the La Silla Observatory. The image is based on data obtained through four different filters (R, V, H-alpha and OIII). North is up and East to the left. The field of view is 30 arcminutes.

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2009 - ASTRONOMY - GALAXY - LA SILLA - MPG/ESO 2.2m - NGC 253 - POSTER - Sc - SCULPTOR - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - STAR FORMATION -