Swarm of Glittering Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Esahubble_opo9944a_1024

esahubble_opo9944a December 2nd, 1999

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

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peered at a small area within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) to provide the deepest colour picture ever obtained in that satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9944a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 05240-6948 Large Magellanic Cloud LMC
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (Near-IR) 1.0 µm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 547.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo9944a_1280
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ID
opo9944a
Subject Category
C.3.6.4   C.5.1.6   C.5.2.2  
Subject Name
IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)
Release Date
1999-12-02T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9944a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Near-IR, I, V, B
Central Wavelength
1024, 814, 547, 439
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1438.0, 1452.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9944a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:55:28+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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