Starbirth in the Early Universe

Esahubble_opo9440a_1024

esahubble_opo9440a October 17th, 1994

Credit: R. Gilmozzi, Space Telescope Science Institute/European Space Agency;Shawn Ewald, JPL; and NASA

This Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image shows rich detail, previously only seen in neighboring star birth regions, in a pair of star clusters 166,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in the southern constellation Doradus. The field of view is 130 light-years across and was taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9440a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Large Magellanic Cloud NGC 1850
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo9440a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 8m 47.0s
DEC = -68° 45’ 48.6”
Orientation
North is 70.7° CW
Field of View
2.4 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo9440a_1280
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ID
opo9440a
Subject Category
C.3.6.4  
Subject Name
Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 1850
Credits
R. Gilmozzi, Space Telescope Science Institute/European Space Agency;Shawn Ewald, JPL; and NASA
Release Date
1994-10-17T05:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9440a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
77.1959874464, -68.763491158
Reference Dimension
1502.0, 1519.0
Reference Pixel
751.0, 759.5
Scale
-2.71463752531e-05, 2.71463752531e-05
Rotation
-70.680000000000121
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
opo9440a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:42:22+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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