New Hubble infrared view of the Tarantula Nebula

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esahubble_heic1402a January 9th, 2014

Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in infrared light. This region is full of star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust. Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), this image was snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1402a/

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 Nebula R136 Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 25.2s
DEC = -69° 7’ 6.7”
Orientation
North is 41.6° CCW
Field of View
11.0 x 9.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 775.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (I) 775.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Blue
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ID
heic1402a
Subject Category
C.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
30 Doradus Nebula, R136, Tarantula Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)
Release Date
2014-01-09T16:15:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1402a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, ACS, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, J, I, I
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100, 775, 775
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.605155338, -69.1185396986
Reference Dimension
16617.0, 14939.0
Reference Pixel
8308.5, 7469.5
Scale
-1.1001545597e-05, 1.1001545597e-05
Rotation
41.579999999999949
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
heic1402a
Metadata Date
2014-01-03T19:06:32+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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