NGC 2108 stellar cluster in the LMC
eso_eso0437h December 10th, 2004
Credit: ESO
NGC 2108 is a rich "mid-aged" cluster, about 600 million years old. A careful comparison with its neighbour NGC 2093 shows that the brightest stars of NGC 2108 are fainter and whiter than the brightest members of NGC 2093; this indicates that NGC 2108 is older. Note also the distinctly red star to the East (left) of the center of this cluster. This is a member of a stellar class referred to as "Carbon stars", cool giant stars that are characterized by the presence of carbon molecules (C2) in their atmospheres and having extremely red colours. This sky field measures 2.8 x 2.6 arcsec. North is up and East is left.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0437h/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0437h
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4
- Subject Name
- NGC 2108
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2004-12-10T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0437h/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years to the LMC
- 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, Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, Oiii, U
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 86.1106899649, -69.1464195078
- Reference Dimension
- 702.0, 668.0
- Reference Pixel
- -329.147556225, 867.955063505
- Scale
- -6.660841e-05, 6.660841e-05
- Rotation
- 0.54244195740
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso0437h
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0437h.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-07T14:42:40+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
