The brilliant star VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (annotated)
eso_eso1117b 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 upper left is the brilliant but isolated star VFTS 682 and at the lower right is 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/eso1117b/
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 (None) | Infrared (K) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (J) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (R) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (Y) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (V) | - |
- ID
- eso1117b
- Subject Category
- C.3.2.4
- Subject Name
- VFTS 682
- 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/eso1117b/
- 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
- None, None, WFI, None, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- K, J, R, Y, V
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.6775406933, -69.1010798777
- Reference Dimension
- 622.0, 858.0
- Reference Pixel
- 408.960487356, 286.067215501
- Scale
- -9.499396e-05, 9.499396e-05
- Rotation
- 1.17771609525
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Position
- 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
- eso1117b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1117b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-05-18T16:35:01+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
