In Tarantula territory (g)

eso_eso0216g June 7th, 2002

Credit: ESO

Colour composite image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and its surroundings. It displays numerous "fingers" of dark material, lanes of cold gas and dust, that still hold out against the strong stellar winds in this area, SE of the centre of the Tarantula Nebula.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216g/

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 38m 42.6s; DEC = -69° 6’ 3.9”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 8.8 x 8.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (R)	-
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (V)	-
VLT (WFI)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso0216g
Subject Category: C.4
Subject Name: 30 Doradus, NGC 2070
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2002-06-07T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0216g/

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, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.6775406933, -69.1010798777
Reference Dimension: 1109.0, 1007.0

Reference Pixel: 1364.4793163, 1142.47577756
Scale: -0.00013263812, 0.00013263812
Rotation: -0.01545276430
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0216g

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0216g.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-18T10:10:13+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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