Infrared image of 30 Doradus
eso_eso2209c June 15th, 2022
Credit: ESO, M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This infrared image shows the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, highlighting its bright stars and light, pinkish clouds of hot gas. The image is a composite: it was captured by the HAWK-I instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA).
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2209c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, 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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VLT (HAWK-I) | Infrared (Y) | 1.0 µm |
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VLT (HAWK-I) | Optical (Ks) | 2.1 µm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Y) | 1.0 µm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | 1.3 µm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Ks) | 2.2 µm |
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VLT (HAWK-I) | Infrared (Ks) | 2.1 µm |
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VLT (HAWK-I) | Infrared (Y) | 1.0 µm |
- ID
- eso2209c
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- 30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula
- Credits
- ESO, M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2022-06-15T19:15:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2209c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- HAWK-I, HAWK-I, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, HAWK-I, HAWK-I
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Red, Blue, Green, Red, Green, Green
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Y, Ks, Y, J, Ks, Ks, Y
- Central Wavelength
- 1021, 2146, 1020, 1250, 2150, 2146, 1021
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.6907393337, -69.0768366833
- Reference Dimension
- 4991.0, 3994.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2495.5, 1997.0
- Scale
- -2.7800753774e-05, 2.7800753774e-05
- Rotation
- -90.120000000000161
- 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
- eso2209c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2209c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-06-03T13:07:24+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
