Wide-field view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud

This wide-field view shows a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud, centred on the unusual globular cluster NGC 1978.The image was created from photographs in red and blue light taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 2.9 degrees across.

Credit:

ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1021c
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:1 juni 2010 16:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1021
Grootte:15248 x 11992 px

Over het object

Naam:LMC, NGC 1978
Type:Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Afstand:170000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Dorado
Categorie:Star Clusters

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
67,0 MB

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Achtergrond

1024x768
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1280x1024
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1600x1200
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Coordinates

Position (RA):5 30 21.25
Position (Dec):-66° 12' 42.46"
Field of view:256.25 x 201.60 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.0° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Optisch
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Optisch
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2