Supernova remnant NGC 2060
eso_ngc2060-cc December 3rd, 2009
Credit: ESO
Located in the direction of the constellation Dorado in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the resplendent object known as NGC 2060 is the aftermath of a supernova. These powerful explosions serve as the death knell for massive stars, blasting heated matter out into surrounding space at great speed.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc2060-cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- ngc2060-cc
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- NGC 2060
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2009-12-03T23:18:20
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc2060-cc/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.657649, -69.094978
- Reference Dimension
- 4440.0, 5441.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2465.01236377, 2985.85024153
- Scale
- -2.086413e-05, 2.086413e-05
- Rotation
- -0.12237522154
- 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
- ngc2060-cc
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ngc2060-cc.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-07-07T17:19:10+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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