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
About the Image
Id: | eso1021b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 1 June 2010, 16:00 |
Related releases: | eso1021 |
Size: | 5000 x 3078 px |
About the Object
Name: | LMC |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
Distance: | 170000 light years |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
6.6 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
19.1 MB
Publication JPEG
4.3 MB
Screensize JPEG
360.1 KB
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical B | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
Optical V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
Infrared I | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |