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Compass and Scale Image for 30 Doradus
CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, and F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee
- Date
- Jan 1, 2009
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2009-32-2651-image
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Science: NASA, ESA, and F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | 30 Doradus, 30 Dor |
| Object Description | Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| R.A. Position | 05h 38m 42.36s |
| Dec. Position | -69° 6' 3.24" |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Distance | 170,000 light-years (52,000 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), B. Balick (University of Washington), H. Bond (STScI), D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts), M. Carollo (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich), M. Disney (University of Wales, College of Cardiff), M. Dopita (Australian National University), J. Frogel (Ohio State University Research Foundation), D. Hall (University of Hawaii), J. Holtzman (New Mexico State University), P. McCarthy (Carnegie Institution of Washington), F. Paresce (European Southern Observatory, Germany), A. Saha (NOAO/AURA), J. Silk (University of Oxford), A. Walker (NOAO/CTIO), B. Whitmore (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and E. Young (University of Arizona). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS (left), HST>WFC3/IR (right) |
| Exposure Dates | October 20 - 27, 2009, Exposure Time: 11.7 hours (left), October 20 - 27, 2009, Exposure Time: 2.6 hours (right) |
| Filters | WFC3/UVIS (left): F336W (U), F438W (B), F555W (V), F656N (H-alpha), and F814W (I) WFC3/IR (right): F110W (J) and F160W (H) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | The images are composites of separate exposures made by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Five filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges for the UVIS image. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges from the IR image. The colors result from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: WFC3/UVIS Image Blue: F336W (U) and F438W (B) Green: F555W (V) Red: F814W (I) Orange/red: F656N (H-alpha) WFC3/IR Image Cyan: F110W (J) Orange: F160W (H) |
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