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Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as obtained with FORS2 at KUEYEN during the night of January 31 - February 1, 2000. The LMC is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way system, located in the southern constellation Dorado (The Swordfish) at a distance of approximately 170,000 light-years.
It is a composite of three exposures in B (30 sec exposure, image quality 0.75 arcsec; here rendered in blue colour), V (15 sec, 0.70 arcsec; green) and R (10 sec, 0.60 arcsec; red). The full-resolution version of this photo retains the orginal pixels.
Crédito:ESO
Sobre la imagen
| Identificador: | eso0005a |
| Tipo: | Observación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 8 de Febrero de 2000 |
| Noticias relacionadas: | eso0005 |
| Tamaño: | 3185 x 3182 px |
Sobre el objeto
| Nombre: | 30 Doradus, NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula |
| Tipo: | Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Distancia: | 170000 años luz |
| Constellation: | Dorado |
| Categoría: | Nebulae |
Fondo de pantalla
Coordenadas
| Position (RA): | 5 38 37.84 |
| Position (Dec): | -69° 5' 41.92" |
| Field of view: | 6.89 x 6.88 arcminutes |
| Orientación: | El norte está a 0.3° a la derecha de la vertical |
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Colores y filtros
| Banda | Longitud de onda | Telescopio |
|---|---|---|
| Óptico B | 440 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Óptico V | 557 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Óptico R | 655 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |