The Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud

eso_eso1816d May 30th, 2018

Credit: ESO

This gigantic star-forming region in the Milky Way’s neighbour galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud is the birthplace of an astonishing number of massive stars, some of which might have masses of up to 300 solar masses.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1816d/

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: Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 37m 47.1s; DEC = -69° 8’ 13.4”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CW
Field of View: 30.8 x 21.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (r)	625.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (g)	480.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Infrared (g)	480.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (H-alpha)	659.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (i)	770.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (r)	625.0 nm

ID: eso1816d
Subject Category: C.4
Subject Name: Tarantula Nebula
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2018-05-30T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1816d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument: OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
Color Assignment: Green, Green, Blue, Red, Red, Orange

Band: Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: r, g, g, H-alpha, i, r
Central Wavelength: 625, 480, 480, 659, 770, 625

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.4463603669, -69.1370648998
Reference Dimension: 8641.0, 6144.0

Reference Pixel: 4320.5, 3072.0
Scale: -5.94415934825e-05, 5.94415934825e-05
Rotation: -0.23999999999999996
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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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: eso1816d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1816d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2018-05-25T14:49:59+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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