A Drama of Star Formation and Evolution

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chandra_122 April 23rd, 2002

Credit: NASA/CXC/Penn State/L.Townsley e

Chandra's image shows the drama of star formation and evolution as it is being played out in a nearby galaxy. At least 11 extremely massive stars with ages of about 2 million years are detected in the bright star cluster in the center of the primary image (left panel). The brightest source in this region is Mk 34, a 130 solar-mass star located slightly to the lower left of center. On the lower right of this panel is the supernova remnant N157B, with its central pulsar. Two off-axis ACIS-S chips (right panel) show the large shell-like supernova remnant SNR N157C. In the image, lower energy X-rays appear red, medium energy green and high-energy are blue.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0057/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Tarantula Nebula • 30 Doradus • NGC2070
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
160,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 37m 44.6s
DEC = -69° 8’ 5.0”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View
29.4 x 22.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) -
Green Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) -
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) -
Spectrum_xray1w
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ID
122
Subject Category
C.3.6.4   C.4.1.2   C.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Tarantula Nebula, 30 Doradus, NGC2070
Credits
NASA/CXC/Penn State/L.Townsley e
Release Date
2002-04-23
Lightyears
160,000
Redshift
160,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0057/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
Instrument
ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
Bandpass
X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
Central Wavelength
-, -, -
Start Time
1999-09-21T20:40:47, 1999-09-21T20:40:47, 1999-09-21T20:40:47
Integration Time
25490, 25490, 25490
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.4357712, -69.1347171
Reference Dimension
576.0, 448.0
Reference Pixel
289.0, 225.0
Scale
0.000852091, 0.00085209126
Rotation
0.33
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXC's PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-Ray Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
0057_xray.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0057/0057_xray.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2013-09-20T11:06:06-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
160,000 light years

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