Extracts from the VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey view of the Tarantula Nebula

This composite image shows extracts from a near-infrared VISTA image of the spectacular 30 Doradus star-forming region, also called the Tarantula Nebula. This infrared image, made with ESO’s VISTA survey telescope, is from the VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey. The project will scan a vast area — 184 square degrees of the sky (corresponding to almost one thousand times the apparent area of the full Moon), including our nearby neighbouring galaxies the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

Credit:

ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1033b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:11 augustus 2010 12:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1033
Grootte:4999 x 4999 px

Over het object

Naam:30 Doradus, NGC 2070
Type:Local Universe : Nebula
Afstand:170000 lichtjaren
Categorie:Nebulae

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