VFTS 102: the fastest rotating massive star (unannotated)

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eso_eso1147c December 5th, 2011

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

This view shows part of the stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbour of the Milky Way. At the centre lies the brilliant star VFTS 102 This view includes both visible-light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla and the 4.1-metre infrared VISTA telescope at Paranal. VFTS 102 is the most rapidly rotating star ever found.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1147c/

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
VFTS 102
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula
Eso_eso1147c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 42.4s
DEC = -69° 6’ 2.9”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CCW
Field of View
7.3 x 7.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) Infrared (K) -
Orange Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) Infrared (J) -
Yellow MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) -
Green Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) Infrared (V) -
Cyan MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
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ID
eso1147c
Subject Category
C.4  
Subject Name
VFTS 102
Credits
ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Release Date
2011-12-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1147c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
None, None, WFI, None, WFI
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
K, J, R, V, V
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.676798, -69.100799
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1280.0
Reference Pixel
-345.075496809, 1298.42695956
Scale
-9.49458e-05, 9.49458e-05
Rotation
0.46474964572
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
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
eso1147c
Metadata Date
2011-11-23T11:26:31+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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