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).

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0613a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:7 april 2006
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0613
Grootte:2046 x 2042 px

Over het object

Naam:30 Doradus, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula
Type:Local Universe : Nebula
Afstand:170000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Dorado
Categorie:Nebulae

Image Formats

Grote JPEG
2,1 MB

Wallpapers

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

Coordinates

Position (RA):5 38 37.99
Position (Dec):-69° 5' 41.67"
Field of view:6.78 x 6.77 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Optisch
B
485 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisch
V
503 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisch
R
657 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1