Wide-field and close-up views of the Tarantula Nebula
This image shows, on the left, a wide-field view of the Tarantula Nebula, a vast stellar nursery in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This was taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s site at La Silla, Chile. On the right is a narrower, more detailed view of part of the nebula, observed by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. The location of the Hubble image is marked by a square near the centre of the WFI image.
Credit:NASA, ESA, ESO
About the Image
Id: | heic1105b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 15 March 2011, 10:00 |
Related releases: | heic1105 |
Size: | 4330 x 2378 px |
About the Object
Name: | 30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula |
Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Distance: | 170000 light years |
Category: | Nebulae |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI | |
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical V |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI | |
Optical V | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical Oiii |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI | |
Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical H-alpha |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI |