Large and small stars in harmonious coexistence

esahubble_heic0607a August 14th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA

The latest photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, presented at the 2006 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague this week, shows a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This sharp image reveals a large number of low-mass infant stars coexisting with young massive stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0607a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: LH 95
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 37m 3.4s; DEC = -66° 22’ 6.5”
Orientation: North is 12.7° CCW
Field of View: 3.2 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	-
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Pseudogreen (J+K))	-
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	-

ID: heic0607a
Subject Category: C.4.1.2
Subject Name: LH 95
Credits: NASA, ESA

Release Date: 2006-08-14T09:00:00
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Reference Url: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0607a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: V, Pseudogreen (J+K), I
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.2641815363, -66.3684713559
Reference Dimension: 3877.0, 2482.0

Reference Pixel: 1938.5, 1241.0
Scale: -1.38940882541e-05, 1.38940882541e-05
Rotation: 12.659999999999993
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0607a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0607a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-08-07T17:31:23+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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