Cosmic spider: the Tarantula Nebula

Three-colour image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image is based on observations made on 10 February 2002 and 22 March 2003 with the FORS1 multi-mode instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in three different narrow-band filters (centred on 485 nm, 503 nm, and 657 nm), for a total exposure time slightly above 3 minutes only. The data were extracted from the ESO Science Archive and processed by Henri Boffin (ESO).

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0613a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:7 avril 2006
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0613
Taille:2046 x 2042 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:30 Doradus, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula
Type:Local Universe : Nebula
Distance:170000 années lumière
Constellation:Dorado
Catégorie:Nebulae

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
2,1 Mio
JPEG taille écran
426,4 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
446,2 Kio
1280x1024
723,0 Kio
1600x1200
1,1 Mio
1920x1200
1,3 Mio
2048x1536
1,9 Mio

Coordinates

Position (RA):5 38 37.99
Position (Dec):-69° 5' 41.67"
Field of view:6.78 x 6.77 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Visible
B
485 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Visible
V
503 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Visible
R
657 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1