Star cluster R136 - wide field and planetary camera

Esahubble_opo9009e_1024

esahubble_opo9009e August 13th, 1990

Credit: NASA/ESA

This unprocessed image, taken with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, yields stellar diameters of 0.1 arc second, allowing many more stars to be distinguished than in previous ground-based telescope images.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9009e/

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
Nebula
Esahubble_opo9009e_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 42.3s
DEC = -69° 6’ 3.2”
Orientation
North is 178.5° CCW
Field of View
0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC1) Ultraviolet (U) 368.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo9009e_1280
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ID
opo9009e
Subject Category
C.3.6.4   C.4  
Subject Name
30 Doradus, R136
Credits
NASA/ESA
Release Date
1990-08-13T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9009e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC1
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Ultraviolet
Bandpass
U
Central Wavelength
368
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.6763763308, -69.1008891674
Reference Dimension
2279.0, 2299.0
Reference Pixel
1139.5, 1149.5
Scale
-1.21934057224e-06, 1.21934057224e-06
Rotation
178.45999999999984
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
opo9009e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:31:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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