Two very different glowing gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud
ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured a detailed view of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud — one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. This sharp image reveals two glowing clouds of gas. NGC 2014 (right) is irregularly shaped and red and its neighbour, NGC 2020, is round and blue. These odd and very different forms were both sculpted by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate into the gas, causing it to glow brightly.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1335a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 August 2013, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1335 |
| Size: | 3418 x 3418 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Henize 55, Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 2014, NGC 2020 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula |
| Distance: | 160000 light years |
| Constellation: | Dorado |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 32 24.06 |
| Position (Dec): | -67° 41' 16.41" |
| Field of view: | 7.17 x 7.17 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Optical [OIII] | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Optical V | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Optical R | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Optical H-alpha | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |