Nebula N 81

Esahubble_opo0030a_1024

esahubble_opo0030a October 5th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peered deep into a neighboring galaxy to reveal details of the formation of new stars. Hubble's target was a newborn star cluster within the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that is a satellite of our own Milky Way. The new images show young, brilliant stars cradled within a nebula, or glowing cloud of gas, cataloged as N 81.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0030a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
N 81 Small Magellanic Cloud
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Esahubble_opo0030a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 9m 13.0s
DEC = -73° 11’ 40.5”
Orientation
North is 44.1° CW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oiii) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-beta) 487.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0030a_1280
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ID
opo0030a
Subject Category
C.4.1.2  
Subject Name
N 81, Small Magellanic Cloud
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2000-10-05T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0030a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years to the SMC
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, Oiii, H-beta
Central Wavelength
656, 502, 487
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
17.3042537356, -73.1945713392
Reference Dimension
570.0, 618.0
Reference Pixel
285.0, 309.0
Scale
-1.26379331711e-05, 1.26379331711e-05
Rotation
-44.119999999999969
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
opo0030a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:46+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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