30 Doradus and The Growing Tarantula Within
chandra_495 November 10th, 2011
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
About 2,400 massive stars in the center of 30 Doradus are producing intense radiation and powerful winds as they blow off material. Multimillion-degree gas detected in X-rays (blue) by the Chandra X-ray Observatory comes from shock fronts formed by these stellar winds and by supernova explosions. This hot gas carves out gigantic bubbles in the surrounding cooler gas and dust shown here in infrared emission from the Spitzer Space Telescope (orange).
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/30dor/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 495
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4 C.3.1.2 C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Tarantula Nebula
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
- Release Date
- 2011-11-10
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/30dor/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
- Instrument
- ACIS, IRAC, IRAC, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- X-ray, Near-IR, Mid-IR, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 4500, 5800, 8000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.6580604, -69.0833858
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3069.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1535.5
- Scale
- 9.41466e-05, 9.4146621e-05
- Rotation
- 10.44
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- 30dor.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/30dor/30dor.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-11-11T11:17:46-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
