NGC 278 is an isolated [3] spiral galaxy in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cassiopeia, near the southern constellation boundary with Andromeda. It lies at a distance of approximately 39 megalight-years from the Milky Way, giving it a physical scale of …

2016年10月14日 · This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, shows a spiral galaxy named NGC 278. This cosmic beauty lies some 38 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia (The Seated Queen).

2016年10月10日 · This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, shows a spiral galaxy named NGC 278. This cosmic beauty lies some 38 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia (The Seated Queen).

NGC 278 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Cassiopeia constellation. NGC 278 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 10.5, NGC 278 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.

NGC 278 is a galaxy currently undergoing an immense burst of star formation. But the star forming regions do not extend to the galaxy’s outer edges. It is only taking place within an inner ring some 6500 light-years across.

NGC 278 is a Spiral Galaxy located in the constellation of Cassiopeia in the northern hemisphere. NGC 278's distance from Earth is 60,730,317.53 light years. NGC 278 is called NGC 278 in the New General Catalogue (NGC).

NGC 278 lies some 38 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. While NGC 278 may look serene, it is anything but. The galaxy is currently undergoing an immense burst of star formation.

NGC 278 is a small beautiful galaxy in Cassiopeia. This deep image shows dust in background and a big faint halo around the galaxy. The data have been re-processed using the latest PixInsight version 1.8.9-1.

D'Galaxie NGC 278 gouf den 11. Dezember 1786 vum däitsch-britteschen Astronom Wilhelm Herschel entdeckt.

< NGC List NGC 278. NGC 278 is a mixed spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 278: