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Detailed annotated view of a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Thisspectacular 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.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
| Id: | eso1021b |
| Typ: | Pozorování |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 1. června 2010 16:00 |
| Související články: | eso1021 |
| Velikost: | 5000 x 3078 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | LMC |
| Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
| Vzdálenost: | 170000 světelné roky |
| Kategorie: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Barvy & filtry
| Pásmo | Dalekohled |
|---|---|
| Optický B | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optický V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infračervený I | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |