Red Bubbles in Tarantula Nebula

Eso_eso0613e_1024

eso_eso0613e April 7th, 2006

Credit: ESO

The star that blows the material making this reddish bubble is thought to be 20 times more massive, 130 000 times more luminous, 10 times larger and 6 times hotter than our Sun. A possible fainter example of such a bubble is also visible just above the large red bubble in the image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0613e/

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (503) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0613e
Subject Category
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/eso0613e/
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, 503, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
411.0, 542.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso0613e
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T12:36:23+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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