In Tarantula territory (d)

Eso_eso0216d_1024

eso_eso0216d June 7th, 2002

Credit: ESO

The area of the young globular cluster NGC 2100 , located east of the Tarantula Nebula , at the extreme left edge of ESO Press Photo eso0216a and the field of this photo.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216d/

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 Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus NGC 2100
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Nebula > Appearance > Emission
Eso_eso0216d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 42m 8.1s
DEC = -69° 12’ 43.3”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
8.8 x 9.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
MPG-2.2m (WFI) (B) -
MPG-2.2m (WFI) (V) -
MPG-2.2m (WFI) (R) -
None (None) -
None (None) -
None (None) -
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ID
eso0216d
Subject Category
C.3.6.4   C.4.2.1  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, NGC 2100
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-06-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Approximate distance in light years from AJ (http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/191/1/160/fulltext)
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, None, None, None
Instrument
WFI, WFI, WFI, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
B, V, R, -, -, -
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
85.53356, -69.212036
Reference Dimension
1108.0, 1151.0
Reference Pixel
61.5521996359, 745.679848343
Scale
-0.00013221911, 0.00013221911
Rotation
0.71137001212
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
eso0216d
Metadata Date
2016-07-18T09:36:15+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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