NGC 253
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of the nearest starburst spiral galaxy, NGC 253, reveals violent star formation within a region 1, 000 light-years across. A starburst galaxy has an exceptionally high rate of star birth, first identified by its excess of infrared radiation from warm dust.
Credit:
Carnegie Institution of Washington
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9510c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 February 1995, 06:00 |
| Size: | 748 x 749 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 253 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 10 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet Near-UV |
336 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
