Wide-field view of the sky around VFTS 102: the fastest rotating massive star
eso_eso1147d December 5th, 2011
Credit: ESO
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/eso1147d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (K) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (J) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (R) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) | Infrared (V) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (V) | - |
- ID
- eso1147d
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Tarantula Nebula, VFTS 102
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2011-12-05T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1147d/
- 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
- 84.4134708643, -69.1630617185
- Reference Dimension
- 4204.0, 4204.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2102.0, 2102.0
- Scale
- -9.48180453823e-05, 9.48180453823e-05
- Rotation
- 0.24000000000000005
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1147d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1147d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-11-23T12:46:43+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
