The LMC HII region N214C

Eso_eso0513b_1024

eso_eso0513b April 22nd, 2005

Credit: ESO

Zoom-in on the LMC H II region N214C. The field size is 193"x 201" corresponding to roughly 160 x 170 light-years. The brightest object, situated toward the middle of the nebula, is the Sk-71 51 cluster. The striking compact H II blob lies ~ 60" (~ 50 light-years) north of Sk-71 51.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0513b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options View Options

Download Options Download Options

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
N214C
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Eso_eso0513b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 41m 39.7s
DEC = -71° 19’ 55.8”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Mensa

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue NTT (SUSI2) Optical (H-beta) 486.438 nm
Green NTT (SUSI2) Optical (Oiii) 511.061 nm
Red NTT (SUSI2) Optical (H-alpha) 655.528 nm
Blue NTT (SUSI2) Optical (B) 421.2 nm
Green NTT (SUSI2) Optical (V) 544.17 nm
Red NTT (SUSI2) Optical (R) 641.58 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Blue
Green
Red
Eso_eso0513b_1280
×
ID
eso0513b
Subject Category
C.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
N214C
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-04-22T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0513b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SUSI2, SUSI2, SUSI2, SUSI2, SUSI2, SUSI2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-beta, Oiii, H-alpha, B, V, R
Central Wavelength
486.438, 511.061, 655.528, 421.20, 544.17, 641.58
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
85.415354, -71.332176
Reference Dimension
2268.0, 2370.0
Reference Pixel
1061.38815205, 1187.4516365
Scale
-2.240391e-05, 2.240391e-05
Rotation
-0.29279363398
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
eso0513b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0513b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T10:13:45+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In

NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The award is part of NASA’s Science Activation program, which strives to further enable NASA science experts and content into the learning environment more effectively and efficiently with learners of all ages.