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30 Doradus Nebula, Visible and Infrared Comparison
This is a close-up view of a star-birth region within the 30 Doradus nebula that lies inside the satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, 170,000 light-years away. A Hubble Space Telescope view in visible light (left) reveals glowing clouds of hydrogen and dark filamentary s...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2014
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2014-02-3286-image
This is a close-up view of a star-birth region within the 30 Doradus nebula that lies inside the satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, 170,000 light-years away. A Hubble Space Telescope view in visible light (left) reveals glowing clouds of hydrogen and dark filamentary structures of dust.
When viewed by Hubble in near-infrared light (right), innumerable stars and protostars can be seen behind the dusty veil. Newly formed stars are often embedded in clouds of dust, and only the near-infrared light can pass through these clouds.
This set of images was taken with the Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.
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NASA, ESA, and E. Sabbi (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | 30 Doradus |
| Object Description | Emission Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| R.A. Position | 05h 38m 42.4s |
| Dec. Position | -69° 6' 3.35" |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Distance | Approximately 170,000 light-years (52,000 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The ACS/WFC3 data are from the following HST proposals: : D. Lennon (ESA), E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), C. Evans (Royal Observatory Edinburgh), H. Sana (STScI/ESA), N. Langer (University of Bonn), S. de Mink (Carnegie Institution of Washington), P. Crowther (University of Sheffield), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Bastian (USM, Munich), and E. Bressert (Australia Telescope National Facility); : E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), A. Aloisi, J. Anderson, K. Gordon, A. Koekemoer, R. van der Marel, N. Panagia, and C. Christian (STScI), M. Boyer (NASA/GSFC), C. Evans (Royal Observatory Edinburgh), J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin, Madison), E. Grebel (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg), S. de Mink (Carnegie Institution of Washington), S. Larsen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), D. Lennon (ESA), M. Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna), and D. Zaritsky (University of Arizona) |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/UVIS (left image), HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/IR (right image) |
| Filters | Visible light image (left) ACS/WFC: F658N (H-alpha) and F775W (i) WFC3/UVIS: F275W, F336W, and F775W (i) ACS/WFC: F555W (V) Infrared light image (right) ACS/WFC: F555W (V) WFC3/IR: F110W (YJ), F160W (H) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | The images in this release are composites of separate exposures obtained with the ACS and WFC3 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Visible light image (left) Luminance: F658N (H-alpha) Blue: F275W, F336W Cyan: F555W (V) Orange: F775W (i) Infrared light image (right) Blue: F555W (V) Green: F110W (YJ) Red: F160W (H) |
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