Tarantula Nebula

Eso_eso0005a_1024

eso_eso0005a February 8th, 2000

Credit: ESO

The Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as obtained with FORS2 at KUEYEN during the night of January 31 - February 1, 2000. The LMC is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way system, located in the southern constellation Dorado (The Swordfish) at a distance of approximately 170,000 light-years. It is a composite of three exposures in B (30 sec exposure, image quality 0.75 arcsec; here rendered in blue colour), V (15 sec, 0.70 arcsec; green) and R (10 sec, 0.60 arcsec; red). The full-resolution version of this photo retains the orginal pixels.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0005a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus • NGC 2070 • Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 37.8s
DEC = -69° 5’ 41.9”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CW
Field of View
6.9 x 6.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) 655.0 nm
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (V) 557.0 nm
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (B) 440.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0005a
Subject Category
C.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2000-02-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0005a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
655, 557, 440
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
B1950
Reference Value
84.657649, -69.094978
Reference Dimension
2048.0, 2045.0
Reference Pixel
1141.60630499, 1103.61884347
Scale
-5.603313e-05, 5.603313e-05
Rotation
-0.26751124951
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0005a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0005a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-04-14T23:24:45+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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