NGC 5253 is one of the nearest of the known Blue Dwarf Galaxies; it is located at a distance of about 11 million light-years in the direction of the southern constellation Centaurus.

Image of the irregular galaxy NGC 5253, located at a distance of about 11 million light years from us, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian ...

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 5253. Superimposed is the gas (fuzzy red to yellow) as seen by the Submillimeter Array. The brightest part of the image is Cloud D.

“NGC 5253” Science and Exploration. More Than a Million Stars Forming In a Mysterious Dusty Gas Cloud . Press Release ; March 18, 2015 ...

A dwarf galaxy called NGC 5253 is producing stars at what scientists are describing as a "phenomenal" rate, IFL Science reports. Large nebulae inside galaxies can produce thousands of stars at ...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012: NGC 5253, one of the nearest of the known Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies, lies about 12 million light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Centaurus.

For the next ten million years, this gaseous influx will likely fuel star formation within NGC 5253 at a rate of up to 0.2 solar masses per year.

NGC 5253 is a starburst galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is characterized by intense star formation and a bright, compact nucleus, often studied to understand the evolution of ...

NGC 5253 has hundreds of large star clusters, including at least several that are young, the astronomers report. The most spectacular is found within Cloud D.

Image of the irregular galaxy NGC 5253, located at a distance of about 11 million light years from us, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian ...