Portrait of a dramatic stellar crib*
eso_eso0650a December 21st, 2006
Credit: ESO/R. Fosbury (ST-ECF)
One square degree image of the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings. The spidery nebula is seen in the upper-centre of the image. Slightly to the lower-right, a web of filaments harbours the famous supernova SN 1987A. Many other reddish nebulae are visible in the image, as well as a cluster of young stars on the left, known as NGC 2100. Technical information: the image is based on observations carried out by Joao Alves (Calar Alto, Spain), Benoit Vandame and Yuri Beletsky (ESO) with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at the 2.2-m telescope on La Silla. These data consist of a 2x2 WFI mosaic in the B- and V-bands, and in the H-alpha and [OIII] narrow bands. The data were first processed with the ESO/MVM pipeline by the Advanced Data Products (ADP) group at ESO. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop. #L
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0650a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0650a
- Subject Category
- C.4
- Subject Name
- 30 Doradus, NGC 2070, NGC 2100, SN 1987A, Tarantula Nebula
- Credits
- ESO/R. Fosbury (ST-ECF)
- Release Date
- 2006-12-21T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0650a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Approximate distance in light years from AJ (http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/191/1/160/fulltext)
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Yellow, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, Oiii, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- FK5
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.658276, -69.094909
- Reference Dimension
- 4000.0, 3994.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1775.86908178, 3055.79365335
- Scale
- -0.00026001209, 0.00026001209
- Rotation
- 0.05579370922
- 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
- eso0650a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0650a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2007-05-07T16:23:09+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
