Overview of the Large Magellanic Cloud (ground-based image)
This wide field view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud includes the location of the N11 star formation region. This image was created from digitised photographs through red and blue filters. The field of view is about three degrees across.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic1011c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 January 2013, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1314, heic1301, heic1011 |
| Size: | 10643 x 10665 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Large Magellanic Cloud, LHA 120-N 11B, N11 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
| Distance: | 150000 light years |
| Constellation: | Dorado |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4 56 38.65 |
| Position (Dec): | -66° 28' 55.98" |
| Field of view: | 178.81 x 179.18 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.5° right of vertical |
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