Star cluster R136 - wide field and planetary camera

esahubble_opo9009c August 13th, 1990

Credit: NASA/ESA

Computer processing of the HST image sharpens the appearance of the cluster by subtracting stellar halos introduced by spherical aberration in the HST optics.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9009c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 30 Doradus • R136
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Grouping > Cluster; Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 38m 42.4s; DEC = -69° 6’ 3.1”
Orientation: North is 1.0° CW
Field of View: 0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC1)	Ultraviolet (U)	368.0 nm

ID: opo9009c
Subject Category: C.3.6.4 C.4
Subject Name: 30 Doradus, R136
Credits: NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1990-08-13T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9009c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC1
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Ultraviolet
Bandpass: U
Central Wavelength: 368

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 84.6764741265, -69.1008572018
Reference Dimension: 2447.0, 2356.0

Reference Pixel: 1223.5, 1178.0
Scale: -1.23302062523e-06, 1.23302062523e-06
Rotation: -1.0400000000000427
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9009c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9009c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:31:26+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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