Hubble snaps close-up of the Tarantula

esahubble_heic1105a March 15th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA

Hubble has taken this stunning close-up shot of part of the Tarantula Nebula. This star-forming region of ionised hydrogen gas is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy which neighbours the Milky Way. It is home to many extreme conditions including supernova remnants and the heaviest star ever found. The Tarantula Nebula is the most luminous nebula of its type in the local Universe.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1105a/

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: 30 Doradus • NGC 2060 • NGC 2070 • Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 37m 44.3s; DEC = -69° 11’ 12.1”
Orientation: North is 15.8° CW
Field of View: 3.2 x 3.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

ID: heic1105a
Subject Category: C.4.1.2
Subject Name: 30 Doradus, NGC 2060, NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA

Release Date: 2011-03-15T10:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1105a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, B
Central Wavelength: 814, 555, 435

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.4345275465, -69.186705502
Reference Dimension: 3868.0, 3952.0

Reference Pixel: 1934.0, 1976.0
Scale: -1.39056004967e-05, 1.39056004967e-05
Rotation: -15.759999999999993
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: heic1105a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1105a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2010-11-25T13:58:21+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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