Detailed view of a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud
This spectacular 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. The field of view is about one degree across.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1021a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 27 May 2010, 16:13 |
| Related releases: | eso1021 |
| Size: | 15983 x 15483 px |
About the Object
| Name: | LMC, NGC 1978 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular • X - Star Clusters |
| Distance: | 180000 light years |
| Constellation: | Dorado |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 32 53.63 |
| Position (Dec): | -67° 18' 0.47" |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| 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 |
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