ALMA Sees Starbursting Clouds Inside NGC 253

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ALMA Sees Starbursting Clouds Inside NGC 253

ALMA image of starbursting clouds inside NGC 253. The red region is the lower density CO gas surrounding higher density star-forming regions in yellow.

Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); A. Leroy

Technical Details
Telescope	ALMA; ALMA
Band	ALMA Band 3 CO; ALMA Band 3 HCN
Date	2012-01-09T21:28:03.216000; 2012-07-02T09:15:31.488000
Center	RA: 0:47:36.42, Dec: -25:16:47.04
Field of View	1.7 x 1.7 arcminutes

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