C70
NGC 300
Dados do Objeto
- Designação do Catálogo
- C70
- Tipo
- Galaxy
- Constelação
- Sculptor
- Magnitude
- 8.7
- Ascensão Reta
- 00h 54m 53.5s
- Declinação
- -37° 41' 02.4"
- Distância
- 6,100,000 anos-luz
- Tamanho Angular
- 20
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Descrição
NGC 300 is a face-on spiral galaxy in Sculptor, about 6.1 million light-years away. It is one of the closest spiral galaxies beyond the Local Group and a member of the Sculptor Group, displaying beautiful spiral arms studded with HII regions.
Dicas de Observação
A large (22 arcminutes) but low-surface-brightness galaxy. Binoculars or a wide-field telescope at low power under dark skies work best. The brightest HII regions may be visible in 10-inch scopes. Best in autumn from southern latitudes.
História
Discovered by James Dunlop on August 5, 1826 from Australia. NGC 300 has been used extensively for calibrating the extragalactic distance ladder using Cepheid variable stars.
Curiosidades
NGC 300 is so similar to M33 (the Triangulum Galaxy) in size, mass, and morphology that they are sometimes called twin galaxies. It was the first galaxy beyond the Local Group where individual Cepheid variables were resolved.
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Credit: ESO. License: CC BY 4.0. (Wikimedia Commons)
Skybred Mar 2, 2026