Infrared/visible comparison of the VISTA Tarantula Nebula image

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eso_eso1033d August 11th, 2010

Credit: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

The left-hand panel shows the region around the Tarantula Nebula in visible light. Most of the light from the spectacular clouds comes from hydrogen gas glowing under the fierce ultraviolet glare from the central hot young stars. This visible light image was obtained with Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. On the right VISTA’s new infrared view is shown. By observing in infrared light a subtly different view of the nebula is revealed. As the infrared wavelengths can pass through the obscuring clouds of interstellar dust more easily than visible light, the VISTA image reveals the stars at the centres of the nebulae more clearly.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1033d/

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 2070
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (Y) -
Green Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (J) -
Green Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Optical (V) -
Orange Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Optical (Oiii) -
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (K) -
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Optical (H-alpha) -
VISTA data refers to the right image, WFI data to the left image.
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ID
eso1033d
Subject Category
C.4  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, NGC 2070
Credits
ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Release Date
2010-08-11T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1033d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Approximate distance in light years from AJ (http://iopscience.iop.org/0067-0049/191/1/160/fulltext)
Facility
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Instrument
VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Green, Orange, Red, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
Y, J, V, Oiii, K, H-alpha
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
V
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
4386.0, 2182.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso1033d
Metadata Date
2010-08-04T16:00:02+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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