Radio image of the 30 Doradus nebula with data from ALMA
eso_eso2209b June 15th, 2022
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Wong et al.
This image shows the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, in radio wavelengths, as observed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The bright red-yellow streaks reveal regions of cold, dense gas which have the potential to collapse and form stars. The unique web-like structure of the gas clouds is characteristic of the Tarantula Nebula.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2209b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso2209b
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- 30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula
- Credits
- ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Wong et al.
- Release Date
- 2022-06-15T19:15:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2209b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
- Instrument
- Band 6, Band 6
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Red
- Band
- Millimeter, Millimeter
- Bandpass
- 13CO, 12CO
- Central Wavelength
- 1360000, 1300000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.6882172487, -69.0769591487
- Reference Dimension
- 4983.0, 3930.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2491.5, 1965.0
- Scale
- -2.78286729442e-05, 2.78286729442e-05
- Rotation
- -90.080000000000041
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- https://www.eso.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso2209b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2209b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-05-25T17:39:27+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
