Massive starbirth in N81

Esahubble_opo9825a_1024

esahubble_opo9825a July 23rd, 1998

Credit: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Paris Observatory, France), NASA/ESA

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 'family portrait' of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200, 000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9825a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
N81
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Esahubble_opo9825a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 9m 13.3s
DEC = -73° 11’ 38.5”
Orientation
North is 8.1° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-beta) -
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) -
Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) -
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ID
opo9825a
Subject Category
C.4.1.2  
Subject Name
N81
Credits
Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Paris Observatory, France), NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-07-23T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9825a/
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
Band
Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
H-beta, H-alpha, U
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
17.3053602404, -73.1940222677
Reference Dimension
731.0, 731.0
Reference Pixel
365.5, 365.5
Scale
-1.26216259745e-05, 1.26216259745e-05
Rotation
-8.08000000000001
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
opo9825a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9825a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:30+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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