Detailed view of a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud
eso_eso1021a May 27th, 2010
Credit: ESO
This spectacular new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile reveals a celestial menagerie of different objects and phenomena in part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small companion galaxy to our own Milky Way. Many clusters are visible including an unusually young globular cluster and the remains of a brilliant supernovae explosion. The field of view is about one degree across.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1021a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1021a
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- LMC, NGC 1978
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2010-05-27T16:13:36
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1021a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance to LMC in light years from NED.
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 82.6515148777, -66.5698838246
- Reference Dimension
- 15983.0, 15483.0
- Reference Pixel
- 7991.5, 7741.5
- Scale
- -6.61355611832e-05, 6.61355611832e-05
- Rotation
- -0.06
- 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
- eso1021a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1021a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-05-17T14:59:19+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
