File:Sculptor Galaxy from ESO.tif
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[edit]DescriptionSculptor Galaxy from ESO.tif |
English: This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.7 x 3.6 degrees. The galaxy NGC 253 appears at the centre of the picture and the globular star cluster NGC 288 at the lower left. The cluster is orbiting the Milky Way and is much closer to us than NGC 253, which lies about eleven million light-years from Earth. |
Date | (released) |
Source | https://www.eso.org/public/usa/images/eso1152c/ |
Author | ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin |
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Image title | This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.7 x 3.6 degrees. The galaxy NGC 253 appears at the centre of the picture and the globular star cluster NGC 288 at the lower left. The cluster is orbiting the Milky Way and is much closer to us than NGC 253, which lies about eleven million light-years from Earth. |
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Width | 4,000 px |
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Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 21 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 05:31, 15 September 2014 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
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