Wide-field view of the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic1105d March 15th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This ground-based view of the Tarantula Nebula shows the nebula in its entirety. It is the brightest region of star formation in the local Universe. Hubbles field of view covers just a tiny spot in the upper-right quadrant of this image, though it reveals detail invisible here, including a supernova remnant.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1105d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

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 • SN 1987A • Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Distant Universe: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 41m 34.8s; DEC = -69° 26’ 31.7”
Orientation: North is 5.3° CW
Field of View: 2.3 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (Pseudogreen (R+I))	-
DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-

ID: heic1105d
Subject Category: D.4.1.2
Subject Name: 30 Doradus, NGC 2060, NGC 2070, SN 1987A, Tarantula Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2011-03-15T10:00:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1105d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: R, Pseudogreen (R+I), I
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 85.3949527538, -69.4421392855
Reference Dimension: 8204.0, 8339.0

Reference Pixel: 4102.0, 4169.5
Scale: -0.000279965851686, 0.000279965851686
Rotation: -5.2599999999999989
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: https://esahubble.org
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Address: ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: United States
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1105d

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic1105d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-01-10T13:55:56+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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