The starburst galaxy NGC 253 seen with the VISTA and ALMA
This comparison picture of the nearby bright spiral galaxy NGC 253, also known as the Sculptor Galaxy, shows the infrared view from ESO’s VISTA Telescope (left) and a detailed new view of the cool gas outflows at millimetre wavelengths from ALMA (right).
Credit:ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Image
| Id: | eso1334b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 24 July 2013, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1334 |
| Size: | 5649 x 2090 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 253 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
| Distance: | 11 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
