Detailed annotated 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. A selection of objects are labelled and shown as enlarged cutouts.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1021b |
| Release date: | Jun 1, 2010, 16:00 CEST |
| Related release: | eso1021 |
| Size: | 5000 x 3078 px |
About the Object
| Type: | • Star Clusters |
