Hubble sees stars as numerous as grains of sand in nearby galaxy (ground-based image)
A ground-based Digitized Sky Survey image NGC 300.
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About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 00525-3757, NGC 300 |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Spiral Arm |
| Distance: | 50 million light years |
| Constellation: | Sculptor |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 54 54.51 |
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| Position (Dec): | -37° 40' 58.51" |
| Field of view: | 22.78 x 30.00 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 180.2° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
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| Infrared I | DSS |