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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.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1021b |
| Type: | Collage |
| 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 • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
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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