The stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud

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esahubble_potw1625a June 20th, 2016

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster NGC 1854, a gathering of white and blue stars in the southern constellation of Dorado (The Dolphinfish). NGC 1854 is located about 135 000 light-years away, in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of our closest cosmic neighbours and a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The LMC is a hotbed of vigorous star formation. Rich in interstellar gas and dust, the galaxy is home to approximately 60 globular clusters and 700 open clusters. These clusters are frequently the subject of astronomical research, as the Large Magellanic Cloud and its little sister, the Small Magellanic Cloud, are the only systems known to contain clusters at all stages of evolution. Hubble is often used to study these clusters as its extremely high-resolution cameras can resolve individual stars, even at the clusters crowded cores, revealing their mass, size and degree of evolution.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1625a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1854
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 9m 20.2s
DEC = -68° 50’ 55.9”
Orientation
North is 64.0° CCW
Field of View
2.4 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Green
Blue
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ID
potw1625a
Subject Category
C.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
NGC 1854
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA
Release Date
2016-06-20T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1625a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
814, 814, 555, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
77.3342589829, -68.8488661444
Reference Dimension
2923.0, 1823.0
Reference Pixel
1461.5, 911.5
Scale
-1.3885848783e-05, 1.3885848783e-05
Rotation
64.02000000000001
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
potw1625a
Metadata Date
2016-02-07T10:49:26+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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