Hubble's panoramic view of a star-forming region
esahubble_heic1206a April 17th, 2012
Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence Cluster, Munich), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), E. Bressert (ESO), P. Crowther (Sheffield), A. de Koter (Amsterdam), C. Evans (UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Langer (AifA, Bonn), I. Platais (JHU) and H. Sana (Amsterdam)
30 Doradus is the brightest star-forming region in our galactic neighbourhood and home to the most massive stars ever seen. The nebula resides 170 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. No known star-forming region in our galaxy is as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus. The image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos and includes observations taken by Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, combined with observations from the European Southern Observatorys MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope which trace the location of glowing hydrogen and oxygen. The image is being released to celebrate Hubble's 22nd anniversary.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1206a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1206a
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4.1 C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- 30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence Cluster, Munich), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), E. Bressert (ESO), P. Crowther (Sheffield), A. de Koter (Amsterdam), C. Evans (UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Langer (AifA, Bonn), I. Platais (JHU) and H. Sana (Amsterdam)
- Release Date
- 2012-04-17T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1206a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFC3, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Blue, Luminosity, Luminosity
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, OIII, I, I
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 501, 775, 775
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.5711688876, -69.1258976867
- Reference Dimension
- 20323.0, 16259.0
- Reference Pixel
- 10161.5, 8129.5
- Scale
- -1.10011019341e-05, 1.10011019341e-05
- Rotation
- 35.019999999999939
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 5.0808
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- heic1206a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1206a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-10-07T11:40:24.173374
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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