The central star cluster in 30 Doradus in the LMC

Eso_eso0137j_1024

eso_eso0137j December 3rd, 2001

Credit: ESO

The image shows the central cluster in the 30 Doradus HII region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite of our Milky Way Galaxy. It was obtained by NAOS-CONICA in the infrared K-band during a 600 second exposure. The field shown here measures 15 x 15 arcsec 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137j/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (NACO) Infrared (K) -
Eso_eso0137j_1280
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ID
eso0137j
Subject Category
C.3.6.4   C.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
30 Doradus
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2001-12-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137j/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
600
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
665.0, 669.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso0137j
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0137j.tif
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Metadata Date
2009-01-20T11:58:20+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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