Stellar runaway

Esahubble_heic1008b_1024

esahubble_heic1008b May 11th, 2010

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Walsh (ST-ECF) and ESOAcknowledgment: Z. Levay (STScI)

The young star, only one million to two million years old, may have travelled about 375 light-years from its suspected home in star cluster R136.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1008b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus R136 Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe
Star
Nebula
Esahubble_heic1008b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 37m 9.0s
DEC = -69° 7’ 21.5”
Orientation
North is 32.8° CCW
Field of View
1.0 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Other (None) Optical (H-alpha) -
Green Other (None) Optical (Oiii + V) -
Blue Other (None) Optical (B) -
Luminosity Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) -
Information from ESO observations used in this image.
Esahubble_heic1008b_1280
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ID
heic1008b
Subject Category
C.3   C.4  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, R136, Tarantula Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, J. Walsh (ST-ECF) and ESOAcknowledgment: Z. Levay (STScI)
Release Date
2010-05-11T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1008b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Other, Other, Other, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
None, None, None, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue, Luminosity
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, Oiii + V, B, H-alpha
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
I
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.2873021274, -69.1226318059
Reference Dimension
596.0, 596.0
Reference Pixel
298.0, 298.0
Scale
-2.76458531279e-05, 2.76458531279e-05
Rotation
32.799999999999926
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
heic1008b
Metadata Date
2015-10-02T14:26:21.846765
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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