R136 observed with WFC3
esahubble_heic1605a March 17th, 2016
Credit: NASA, ESA, P Crowther (University of Sheffield)
The image shows the central region of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The young and dense star cluster R136 can be seen at the lower right of the image. This cluster contains hundreds of young blue stars, among them the most massive star detected in the Universe so far. Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers were able to study the central and most dense region of this cluster in detail. Here they found nine stars with more than 100 solar masses.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1605a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1605a
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4.1
- Subject Name
- R136, RMC 136
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, P Crowther (University of Sheffield)
- Release Date
- 2016-03-17T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1605a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- U, B, V, H-alpha, I
- Central Wavelength
- 336, 438, 555, 656, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.7053870916, -69.1019117309
- Reference Dimension
- 4014.0, 3981.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2007.0, 1990.0
- Scale
- -1.09953470429e-05, 1.09953470429e-05
- Rotation
- -77.740000000000109
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 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
- heic1605a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1605a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-03-07T16:33:41+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
