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Filaments in Tarantula

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eso_eso0216f June 7th, 2002

Credit: ESO

Long and bright "filaments" of luminous gas in an area SW of the centre of the Tarantula Nebula.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216f/

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 2070
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 38m 42.6s; DEC = -69° 6’ 3.9”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 6.6 x 8.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (R)	-
	MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (V)	-
	MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: eso0216f
Subject Category: C.4
Subject Name: 30 Doradus, NGC 2070
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2002-06-07T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216f/

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
Instrument: WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.6775406933, -69.1010798777
Reference Dimension: 830.0, 1034.0

Reference Pixel: -1321.71394471, 1261.70318387
Scale: -0.00013234124, 0.00013234124
Rotation: -0.01395267724
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso0216f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0216f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-18T10:14:47+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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