Telescope · Chile

Magellan Telescopes

Observatories6.5 m aperture

Imagery

Dusty Death of a Massive Star — Dusty Death of a Massive Star
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the supernova remnant 1E0102.2-7219 sits next to the nebula N76 in a bright, star-forming region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy.
2006
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ UC Berkeley · NASA media (public domain)
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Overview

The twin 6.5-metre Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile are operated by a US consortium for imaging and spectroscopy.

Observing bands

Visible light Infrared

Knowledge connections

ObservesVisible light
ObservesInfrared
Associated withGiant Magellan Telescope

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).