The star cluster NGC 2100 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
eso_eso1133a September 7th, 2011
Credit: ESO
The brilliant star cluster NGC 2100 lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. This image was taken with the EMMI instrument on the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. This star cluster lies close to the Tarantula Nebula and some of the colourful outer parts of the nebula appear in this image. The smaller cluster, close to the right-hand edge of the picture and just below centre, is NGC 2092.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1133a/
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
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- ID
- eso1133a
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 2100
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2011-09-07T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1133a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years to the LMC
- Facility
- New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
- Instrument
- EMMI, EMMI, EMMI, EMMI, EMMI, EMMI, EMMI
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Orange, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- NII, B, OIII, V, SII, R, H-alpha
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 85.533595, -69.211897
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1234.0
- Reference Pixel
- 664.551936082, 597.244746908
- Scale
- -0.00011699346, 0.00011699346
- Rotation
- 0.66401295063
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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
- eso1133a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1133a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-05-09T15:39:03+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
