Tarantula's central cluster, R136
eso_eso0613b April 7th, 2006
Credit: ESO
Inside the giant emission nebula lies a cluster of young, massive and hot stars, denoted R 136, whose intense ultra-violet radiation and strong winds make the nebula glow, shaping it in the form of a giant arachnid. The cluster is about 2 to 3 million years old. Several of the brighter members in the immediate surroundings of the dense cluster are among the most massive stars known, with masses well above 50 times the mass of our Sun. The cluster itself contains more than 200 massive stars.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0613b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
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- ID
- eso0613b
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4 C.4
- Subject Name
- 30 Doradus, NGC 2070
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2006-04-07T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0613b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Approximate distance in light years from AJ (http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/191/1/160/fulltext)
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 657, 503, 485
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.6893024568, -69.0996942106
- Reference Dimension
- 699.0, 746.0
- Reference Pixel
- 349.0, 373.0
- Scale
- -5.59280147168e-05, 5.59280147168e-05
- Rotation
- -0.18
- 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
- eso0613b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0613b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-07-19T12:31:58+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
