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Large and small stars in harmonious coexistence (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0607d August 14th, 2006

Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Part of the LMC centered on LH 95. This image is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the field of view is 3.0x2.7 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0607d/

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

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 37m 2.8s; DEC = -66° 25’ 23.5”
Orientation: North is 3.5° CW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-

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ID: heic0607d
Subject Category: C.4.1.2
Subject Name: LH 95
Credits: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2006-08-14T09:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0607d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Blue, Red

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, R
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.2617662388, -66.423199015
Reference Dimension: 10783.0, 9669.0

Reference Pixel: 5391.5, 4834.5
Scale: -0.000279766741207, 0.000279766741207
Rotation: -3.5200000000000009
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0607d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0607d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-08-08T22:18:22+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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