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PIA04924: Galaxy NGC 300
 Mission:  Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
 Spacecraft:  GALEX Orbiter
 Instrument:  GALEX Telescope 
 Product Size:  1500 x 1500 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04924.tif (6.134 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04924.jpg (437.5 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300 was taken by Galaxy Evolution Explorer in a single orbit exposure of 27 minutes on October 10, 2003. NGC 300 lies 7 million light years from our Milky Way galaxy and is one of a group of galaxies in the constellation Sculptor. NGC 300 is often used as a prototype of a spiral galaxy because in optical images it displays flowing spiral arms and a bright central region of older (and thus redder) stars. The Galaxy Evolution Explorer image taken in ultraviolet light shows us that NGC 300 is an efficient star-forming galaxy. The bright blue regions in the Galaxy Evolution Explorer image reveal new stars forming all the way into the nucleus of NGC 300.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology

Image Addition Date:
2003-12-10