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
Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (K) | - | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (J) | - | |
MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (R) | - | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (V) | - | |
MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (V) | - | |
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