Gas pillars in Tarantula Nebula

eso_eso0613d April 7th, 2006

Credit: ESO

Zoom-in on gas pillars in the Tarantula Nebula. Some structures have the appearance of elephant trunks, not unlike the famous and fertile "Pillars of Creation" at the top of which stars are forming.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0613d/

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 39m 3.5s; DEC = -69° 8’ 4.8”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 2.9 x 2.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (R)	657.0 nm
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (V)	503.0 nm
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (B)	485.0 nm

ID: eso0613d
Subject Category: C.4
Subject Name: 30 Doradus, NGC 2070
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2006-04-07T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0613d/

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

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.7644446617, -69.1346767745
Reference Dimension: 882.0, 792.0

Reference Pixel: 441.0, 396.0
Scale: -5.54659576202e-05, 5.54659576202e-05
Rotation: 0.039999999999946509
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
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0613d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0613d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-19T12:35:11+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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