The brilliant star VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
eso_eso1117a May 25th, 2011
Credit: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This view shows part of the very active star-forming region around the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbour of the Milky Way. At the exact centre lies the brilliant but isolated star VFTS 682 and to its lower right the very rich star cluster R 136. The origins of VFTS 682 are unclear — was it ejected from R 136 or did it form on its own? The star appears yellow-red in this view, which includes both visible-light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla and the 4.1-metre infrared VISTA telescope at Paranal, because of the effects of dust.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1117a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (K) | 2.2 µm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | 1.3 µm |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (R) | 651.0 nm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Y) | 1.0 µm |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (V) | 539.0 nm |
- ID
- eso1117a
- Subject Category
- C.3.2.4 C.5.1.6
- Subject Name
- Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, Tarantula Nebula, VFTS 682, Wolf-Rayet Star
- Credits
- ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2011-05-25T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1117a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, WFI, VIRCAM, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- K, J, R, Y, V
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 1250, 651, 1020, 539
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.658236, -69.095049
- Reference Dimension
- 1832.0, 1836.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1191.295888, 700.152257502
- Scale
- -9.586074e-05, 9.586074e-05
- Rotation
- -0.22193389711
- 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
- eso1117a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1117a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-05-09T15:09:59+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
