Overview of the Large Magellanic Cloud (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1011c January 17th, 2013

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

This wide field view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud includes the location of the N11 star formation region. This image was created from digitised photographs through red and blue filters. The field of view is about three degrees across.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1011c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Large Magellanic Cloud LHA 120-N 11B N11
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 56m 38.6s
DEC = -66° 28’ 56.0”
Orientation
North is 2.5° CW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Red DSS (None) Optical (R) -
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ID
heic1011c
Subject Category
C.5.1.6   C.5.2.2   C.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Large Magellanic Cloud, LHA 120-N 11B, N11
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2013-01-17T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1011c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
74.1610281906, -66.4822166237
Reference Dimension
10643.0, 10665.0
Reference Pixel
5321.5, 5332.5
Scale
-0.000280006573811, 0.000280006573811
Rotation
-2.5200000000000009
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1011c
Metadata Date
2010-06-14T11:47:32+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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