FLAMINGOS-2 image of the Tarantula Nebula
FLAMINGOS-2 image of the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. A concentration of massive young stars in the very center of the cluster is causing the hydrogen gas to fluoresce due to excitation by ultraviolet light. This 3-color composite image combines the J-band (1.25 microns, blue), H-band (1.65 microns, green) and Ks-band (2.2 microns, red). The image has a total exposure (integration) of less than 10 minutes and a resolution of about 0.6 arcsecond.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/A. Gonzalez
About the Image
Id: | geminiann09018a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Sept. 16, 2009, 7:53 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann09018 |
Size: | 500 x 498 px |
About the Object
Name: | Tarantula Nebula |
Category: | Fulldome Nebulae |
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Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared J | 1.25 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |
Infrared H | 1.65 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |
Infrared Ks | 2.2 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |