N11B's position in the Large Magellanic Cloud
This panel is composed of three images of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with increasing magnification. To the upper left is a ground-based image take by the German astrophotographer Eckhard Slawik. It spans 10 x 10 degrees. Just to the left of the middle of this image the largest star-forming region in the Local Group of galaxies, 30 Doradus, is seen as a red patch. N11B itself is seen in the upper right part of the LMC. The rectangle indicates the field of the Digitized Sky Survey 2 image.
To the upper right is a ground-based image zoomed closer on N11B in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image spans a square of one degree and was constructed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 taken through infrared and red filters (shown as blue and red respectively). The frame indicates the field of Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 seen at the bottom of the panel.
Credit:NASA/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)/HEIC, Eckhard Slawik and Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic0411b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 1 July 2004, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0411 |
| Size: | 6563 x 2302 px |
About the Object
| Name: | LHA 120-N 11B, N11B |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 150000 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Oiii | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical B | DSS | |
| Optical Pseudogreen (Oiii + H-alpha) |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 | |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I | DSS |
Notes: The left picture was taken taken by German astrophotographer Eckhard Slawi. The middle image is from the DSS, and the right was captured by the HST.