N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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eso_eso0332a November 3rd, 2003

Credit: ESO

Southern part of the spectacular N44 H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The green colour indicates areas that are particularly hot. The field measures 27.5 x 26.5 square arcminutes. North is up and East is left. #L

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0332a/

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
Large Magellanic Cloud LMC N 44
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 21m 36.2s
DEC = -67° 54’ 43.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
32.3 x 32.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (H-alpha) 656.2 nm
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (Oiii) 500.7 nm
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (Oii) 372.7 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0332a
Subject Category
C.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, N 44
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-11-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0332a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
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
H-alpha, Oiii, Oii
Central Wavelength
656.2, 500.7, 372.7
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
80.400795, -67.911986
Reference Dimension
3984.0, 3996.0
Reference Pixel
2437.95221267, 2355.61950748
Scale
-0.00013504769, 0.00013504769
Rotation
-0.04413645734
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
eso0332a
Metadata Date
2009-07-01T17:25:05+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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