A Portrait of R136

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esahubble_opo0121a July 26th, 2001

Credit: NASA/ESA, N. Walborn and J. Mamz-Apellaniz ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD), R. Barba (La Plata Observatory, La Plata, Argentina)

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. This fertile star-forming region, called the 30 Doradus Nebula, has a sparkling stellar centerpiece: the most spectacular cluster of massive stars in our cosmic neighborhood of about 25 galaxies. The mosaic picture shows that ultraviolet radiation and high-speed material unleashed by the stars in the cluster, called R136 [the large blue blob left of center], are weaving a tapestry of creation and destruction, triggering the collapse of looming gas and dust clouds and forming pillar-like structures that are incubators for nascent stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0121a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus R136
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 39.5s
DEC = -69° 5’ 32.8”
Orientation
North is 61.7° CW
Field of View
4.2 x 3.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (SII) 673.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 336.0 nm
Spectrum_base
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ID
opo0121a
Subject Category
C.3.6.4  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, R136
Credits
NASA/ESA, N. Walborn and J. Mamz-Apellaniz ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD), R. Barba (La Plata Observatory, La Plata, Argentina)
Release Date
2001-07-26T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0121a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years to the LMC.
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
I, SII, H-alpha, V, U
Central Wavelength
814, 673, 656, 555, 336
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.6646384, -69.0924526
Reference Dimension
2508.0, 1790.0
Reference Pixel
1255.0, 896.0
Scale
2.78097554325e-05, 2.78614210285e-05
Rotation
-61.7
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo0121a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:18:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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