NGC 300 - 2020 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sculptor (Scl) · Contains: NGC 300 · PGC 100466 · PGC 615752 · PGC 615980 · PGC 616247 · PGC 616583 · PGC 616696 · PGC 617993 · PGC 618242 · PGC 618964 · PGC 620776 · PGC 621113 · PGC 621264 · PGC 621334 · PGC 621361 · PGC 621603 · PGC 621624 · PGC 622114 · PGC 622231 · PGC 622613 · PGC 622936 · PGC 622955

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NGC 300 - 2020

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NGC 300 - 2020

This object is a spiral galaxy located just 6.5 million light years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor at a declination of -38 degrees. It is one of the closest spiral galaxies to us. This object did not turn up as bright as I had hoped, perhaps in part because of its low altitude from my location.

This galaxy spans 22 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to an actual diameter of 45,000 light years. In my experience, galaxies this small in actual size normally don’t have such a defined spiral shape, but perhaps we are seeing structure in this one because it is so close to us.

Although the galaxy looks to be face-on to us, it actually is is inclined at an angle of over 40°. The galaxy has two distinct primary arms which form a clear "S" shape, as well as two more arms which are not as well defined.

Similar to the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), numerous HII regions are present throughout the galaxy, although they do not show up as strongly as they do in M33. The foreground of the image is filled with many bright stars which appear visually to be a loose cluster.

The Catalog of 1000 Galaxies calls this the Many Grains Galaxy, which refers to the granular visual appearance caused by the many dispersed star formation regions.

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Many Galaxy Arms

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RA (center)	00h54m53s.760
RA (top/left)	00h56m41s.757
RA (top/right)	00h53m05s.165
RA (bottom/right)	00h53m05s.890
RA (bottom/left)	00h56m43s.700

Dec (center)	-37°40′58″.94
Dec (top/left)	-37°26′30″.76
Dec (top/right)	-37°26′44″.41
Dec (bottom/right)	-37°55′20″.51
Dec (bottom/left)	-37°55′06″.85

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