Large Magellanic Cloud

Noirlab_noao-2123_1024

noirlab_noao-2123 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/AURA/NSF

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite of our own Galaxy, is visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere. Because of its proximity, it can be studied in detail, and provides valuable insight into all galactic processes, especially by comparison to our own Galaxy. The most prominent gaseous nebula in the LMC is 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula nebula (qv). CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope photograph.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-2123/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
LMC
Noirlab_noao-2123_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 37m 20.6s
DEC = -68° 30’ 4.5”
Orientation
North is 178.3° CW
Field of View
3.9 x 2.6 degrees
Constellation
Dorado
Noirlab_noao-2123_1280
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ID
noao-2123
Subject Category
Subject Name
LMC
Credits
NOIRLab/AURA/NSF
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:33:48.180558
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-2123/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
None
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
N
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.3357421, -68.50123827
Reference Dimension
2976.0, 1970.0
Reference Pixel
2355.302246, 533.1258545
Scale
-1.30E-03, 1.30E-03
Rotation
-178.3169922
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
None
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
noao-2123
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-2123.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:26.584676
Metadata Version
1.1
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