Detailed annotated view of a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud

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eso_eso1021b June 1st, 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. A selection of objects are labelled and shown as enlarged cutouts.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1021b/

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
LMC
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Irregular

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red MPG-2.2m (WFI) Infrared (I) -
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1021b
Subject Category
C.5.1.6  
Subject Name
LMC
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2010-06-01T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1021b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from ESO.
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
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
5000.0, 3078.0
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
eso1021b
Metadata Date
2010-05-28T14:55:32+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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