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).

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Om bilden

ID:eso0613a
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:7 april 2006
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0613
Storlek:2046 x 2042 px

Om objektet

Namn:30 Doradus, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula
Typ:Local Universe : Nebula
Avstånd:170000 ljusår
Constellation:Dorado
Kategori:Nebulae

Bildformat

Originalstorlek
12,0 MB
Stor jpeg
2,1 MB
Skärmstor jpeg
426,4 kB

Skrivbordsunderlägg

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

Koordinater

Position (RA):5 38 37.99
Position (Dec):-69° 5' 41.67"
Field of view:6.78 x 6.77 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 0.1° vänster om lodrätt

Färger och filter

BandVåglängdTeleskop
Synligt ljus
B
485 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Synligt ljus
V
503 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Synligt ljus
R
657 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1