Detailed annotated view of a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Thisspectacular new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile reveals a celestial menagerie of different objects and phenomena in part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small companion galaxy to our own Milky Way. Many clusters are visible including an unusually young globular cluster and the remains of a brilliant supernovae explosion. A selection of objects are labelled and shown as enlarged cutouts.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1021b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:1 juni 2010 16:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1021
Grootte:5000 x 3078 px

Over het object

Naam:LMC
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Afstand:170000 lichtjaren
Categorie:Galaxies

Afbeeldingstypen

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