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Starbursting Sculptor Galaxy

NGC 253, also known as the Sculptor Galaxy, is the brightest of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, found in the constellation of the same name, and lying approximately 13 million light-years from Earth. The Sculptor Galaxy is known as a starburst galaxy for its current high rate of star formation, one result of which is its superwind, a stream energetic material spewing out from the centre of the galaxy out into space. The purple light comes from that frenzy of star formation, which originally began 30 million years ago, while the yellowish colour is created by dust lit up by young, massive stars.
Source: potw1017a.
Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.54m/ R. Gendler, U. G. Jørgensen, J. Skottfelt, K. Harpsøe

Colours & filters
Band
Optical
B
Optical
V
Optical
R

Constellation: Sculptor
Position (RA): 0 47 33.72
Position (Dec): -25° 17' 1.66"
Field of view: 30.17×15.79''
Orientation: North is 135.0° left of vertical

Fullsize Original: 22.8 MB.
Zoomable: http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1017a/zoomable/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/3964/share-a-pictureRSS for NodeSun, 10 May 2026 12:40:26 GMTTue, 15 Jul 2014 11:33:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:51:13 GMT]]>A Map of The World: 2.44 MB 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/105390https://forums.opera.com/post/105390Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:51:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:31:09 GMT]]>Wow, boobs! :whistle:

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/102980https://forums.opera.com/post/102980Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:31:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:49:28 GMT]]>a

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/80568https://forums.opera.com/post/80568Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:49:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:42:34 GMT]]>Here's a picture I have taken by myself, very satisfied:

Flower Leaf

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/76620https://forums.opera.com/post/76620Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:42:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:35:11 GMT]]>Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies (Abell S0740)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/76615https://forums.opera.com/post/76615Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:35:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:32:06 GMT]]>From Facebook: cut the bush!🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/76607https://forums.opera.com/post/76607Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:32:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:06:19 GMT]]>My latest: Sun through tree, March
A bit dark, eh?🙂
Tried to preserve the sun's shape, on purpose.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/69607https://forums.opera.com/post/69607Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:06:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:52:36 GMT]]>Panta rhei — motion in the Milky Way

Palomar 12

Although it currently lies on the outskirts of the Milky Way’s halo, Palomar 12 was not born here. When astronomers first studied this cluster, they were puzzled by its strangely young age when compared to the other clusters in the galaxy. It appeared to be around 30% younger than other Milky Way globulars. Surely if it had been born within our galaxy, it would have sprung to life at a similar time to its cluster companions?

A bit more digging revealed that Palomar 12 was actually ripped from its initial home, the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical galaxy, around 1.7 billion years ago via tidal interactions between its former home and our galaxy. The dwarf galaxy that Palomar 12 once called home is a satellite galaxy to ours, and closely orbits around us — even occasionally passing through the plane of our galaxy. In fact, it is being slowly torn apart and consumed by the Milky Way.

Distance: 60000 light years
Constellation: Capricornus

Coordinates
Position (RA): 21 46 38.18
Position (Dec): -21° 15' 5.98''
Field of view: 3.11 x 3.39 arcminutes
Orientation: North is 26.4° left of vertical

Colours & filters
Band Wavelength Telescope
Infrared:
814 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optical:
606 nm Hubble Space Telescope
ACS

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1507a

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/67215https://forums.opera.com/post/67215Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:52:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:44:08 GMT]]>I got this picture from Opera Blog last year.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61871https://forums.opera.com/post/61871Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:44:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:01:52 GMT]]>The New Year coming:

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61687https://forums.opera.com/post/61687Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:01:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:40:29 GMT]]>A Facebook friend shared this:

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/59317https://forums.opera.com/post/59317Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:14:27 GMT]]>In 2013, November 29, among other scenery I shot this, under a topic "God Sun"🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57705https://forums.opera.com/post/57705Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:55:00 GMT]]>

(What's with the timestamps?
)
@leushino: amend your link.

I've decided to open my own Images thread. I've no wish to continue offending you. Good-bye, joshl.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57204https://forums.opera.com/post/57204Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:55:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:34:58 GMT]]>

@leushino: amend your link.

Done. 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57196https://forums.opera.com/post/57196Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:34:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:04:59 GMT]]>(What's with the timestamps?
😕 )
@leushino: amend your link.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57192https://forums.opera.com/post/57192Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:04:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:02:44 GMT]]>That road is in the movie Cars, awesome 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57191https://forums.opera.com/post/57191Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:02:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:13:42 GMT]]>It's route 66. Do a search and check the Images. Here's a link to where it ran:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57187https://forums.opera.com/post/57187Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:13:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:30:26 GMT]]>I don't know where and when the picture was taken.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57183https://forums.opera.com/post/57183Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:27:53 GMT]]>Maybe it was darkened to show detail?
Or was it winter?🤔 :rolleyes:

Where is it - supposed Leushino's right?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57180https://forums.opera.com/post/57180Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:27:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:38:01 GMT]]>Maybe in the afternoon, I just got the picture in a wallpaper app.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57173https://forums.opera.com/post/57173Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:38:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:37:35 GMT]]>Sidney, what time a day was it you think?
(The author using filters?)

Route 666, you say?😉

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57156https://forums.opera.com/post/57156Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:37:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:48:20 GMT]]>Hope you have a good set of wheels, sidney. Looks like the old Route 66. Back in the day I had my first Mustang and boy... did it purr on highways like this once I got past 80 mph. LOL

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57138https://forums.opera.com/post/57138Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:48:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:28:02 GMT]]>I will go whatever it takes me.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57135https://forums.opera.com/post/57135Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Share a Picture on Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:11:24 GMT]]>Stayed at a little villa in Tuscanny (Ponte a Moriano...near Lucca). August is not a good month to visit Italy - too hot. Here are a couple of shots of the villa. We also visited Pisa, Florence and Cinque Terre. I'll upload a few later.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/57105https://forums.opera.com/post/57105Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:11:24 GMT