Colour rendering of Tarantula Nebula in LMC

Eso_eso9805c_1024

eso_eso9805c January 29th, 1998

Credit: ESO / F. Selman

This image is a composite of three narrow-band filter exposures of the famous Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) in our closest neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The filters are centred on the 2.166 micron Br-gamma line of atomic hydrogen (blue); the 1.644 micron [FeII] line (green) and the 2.12 micron 1-0 S(1) line of molecular hydrogen (red). The colour coding reflects the ionization state of the gas. The scale is 0.26 arcsec/pixel and the field is 4.5x4.5 arcmin with North at the top and East to the left. (Colour composite by F. Selman).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9805c/

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
30 Doradus Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 41.7s
DEC = -69° 5’ 49.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
4.7 x 4.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (SOFI) Infrared (H2) 2.1 µm
Green NTT (SOFI) Infrared (Feiii) 1.3 µm
Blue NTT (SOFI) Infrared (Br-gamma) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso9805c
Subject Category
C.4  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula
Credits
ESO / F. Selman
Release Date
1998-01-29T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9805c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SOFI, SOFI, SOFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H2, Feiii, Br-gamma
Central Wavelength
2120, 1257, 2166
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.673895721, -69.096985323
Reference Dimension
544.0, 544.0
Reference Pixel
272.0, 272.0
Scale
-0.000142870201082, 0.000142870201082
Rotation
0.039999999999999994
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
eso9805c
Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:15.711634
Metadata Version
1.1
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