Wide-field view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud

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eso_eso1348c November 27th, 2013

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field view captures several star formations regions in the constellation of Dorado (The Swordfish). These glowing clouds of gas are located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies. The bright region a little to the left of centre is NGC 2035. This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1348c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2035
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 31.2s
DEC = -67° 35’ 3.2”
Orientation
North is 5.5° CCW
Field of View
2.0 x 1.6 degrees
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
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ID
eso1348c
Subject Category
C.4.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 2035
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2013-11-27T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1348c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
R, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.880021, -67.584213
Reference Dimension
7263.0, 5546.0
Reference Pixel
2495.3202153, 3132.20973949
Scale
-0.00027966578, 0.00027966578
Rotation
5.50434655962
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
eso1348c
Metadata Date
2013-05-27T15:35:46+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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