In Tarantula territory (e)

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eso_eso0216e June 7th, 2002

Credit: ESO

This image displays a rich field NW of the centre of the Tarantula Nebula, with the globular cluster KMHK 1137[2] near the upper edge. This image is part of a reproduction of a composite colour image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and its surroundings. The LMC is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way system, located in the southern constellation Dorado (The Swordfish) at a distance of approximately 170,000 light-years. The image is based on 15 exposures in the visual part of the spectrum with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera on the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216e/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus NGC 2041
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 42.6s
DEC = -69° 6’ 3.9”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
8.0 x 8.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) -
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0216e
Subject Category
C.4  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, NGC 2041
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-06-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Approximate distance in light years from AJ (http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/191/1/160/fulltext)
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.6775406933, -69.1010798777
Reference Dimension
998.0, 1110.0
Reference Pixel
-1022.47227795, -1190.78447464
Scale
-0.00013291285, 0.00013291285
Rotation
0.03764476962
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
eso0216e
Metadata Date
2016-07-18T10:03:25+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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