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Classic Galaxy With Glamour

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galex_glx2005-01r_img01 April 7th, 2005

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/OCIW

This color composite image of nearby NGC 300 combines the visible-light pictures from Carnegie Institution of Washington's 100-inch telescope at Las Campanas Observatory (colored red and yellow), with ultraviolet views from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Galaxy Evolution Explorer detectors image far ultraviolet light (colored blue).

This composite image traces star formation in progress. Young hot blue stars dominate the outer spiral arms of the galaxy, while the older stars congregate in the nuclear regions which appear yellow-green. Gases heated by hot young stars and shocks due to winds from massive stars and supernova explosions appear in pink, as revealed by the visible-light image of the galaxy.

Located nearly 7 million light years away, NGC 300 is a member of a nearby group of galaxies known as the Sculptor Group. It is a spiral galaxy like our own Milky Way.

Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Image Source: http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2005-01r_img01.html

Curator: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 300 • Caldwell 70
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

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6,070,000 light years

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	GALEX (FUV)	Ultraviolet (FUV)	150.0 nm
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ID: glx2005-01r_img01
Subject Category: C.5.1.1.
Subject Name: NGC 300, Caldwell 70
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/OCIW

Release Date: 2005-04-07
Lightyears: 6,070,000
Redshift: 0.00048
Reference Url: http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2005-01r_img01.html

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
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Facility: GALEX
Instrument: FUV
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: FUV
Central Wavelength: 150, 440, 650

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Creator (Curator): Galaxy Evolution Explorer
URL: http://www.galex.caltech.edu
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Publisher: Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Publisher ID: galex
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Resource URL: /image/galex/glx2005-01r_img01
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Metadata Date: 2024-02-27T00:21:17Z
Metadata Version: 1.2

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