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Compass and Scale Image of Eta Car Analog Stars in Nearby Galaxies

CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and R. Khan (GSFC and ORAU)

Date
Jan 1, 2016
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2016-01-3682-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA);
Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and R. Khan (GSFC and ORAU)

Image Details

About The Object
Object DescriptionMassive Stars Similar to Eta Carinae in Nearby Galaxies
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe HST data were taken from the following proposals: ; : N. Scoville (Caltech); J. Koda (Stony Brook); ; : K. Kunz (JHU); D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts, Amherst); : J. Bregman (University of Michigan); : W. Blair (JHU) The science team for these findings includes: R. Khan (GSFC and ORAU), S. Adams, K. Stanek, and C. Kochanek (Ohio State University), and G. Sonneborn (GSFC and ORAU). Archival HST data was obtained along with data from the Spitzer IRAC 3.6-micron instrument.
InstrumentHST>ACS, HST>WFPC2, and HST>WFC3

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