A New View of the Tarantula Nebula
spitzer_sig12-004 April 17th, 2012
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
This composite of 30 Doradus, aka the Tarantula Nebula, contains data from Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Spitzer (red). Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Tarantula Nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions close to the Milky Way. Chandra's X-rays detect gas that has been heated to millions of degrees by stellar winds and supernovas. This high-energy stellar activity creates shock fronts, which are similar to sonic booms. Hubble reveals the light from massive stars at various stages of star birth, while Spitzer shows where the relatively cooler gas and dust lie.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5130-sig12-004-A-New-View-of-the-Tarantula-Nebula
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- sig12-004
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4 C.3.1.2 C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Tarantula Nebula
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
- Release Date
- 2012-04-17
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5130-sig12-004-A-New-View-of-the-Tarantula-Nebula
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, IRAC, IRAC, IRAC, ACS, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Red, Red, Red, Green, Green
- Band
- X-ray, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- X-ray, Near-IR, Mid-IR, Mid-IR, i-band, i-band
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 4500, 5800, 8000, 775, 775
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 84.67640700000, -69.10078400000
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.00, 2880.00
- Reference Pixel
- 965.20109753187, 1399.84919527709
- Scale
- -0.00006124517, 0.00006124517
- Rotation
- 28.53157724446
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig12-004.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0008/8507/sig12-004.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-04-17
- Metadata Version
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
