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Melnick 34 WF/PC Image

Stsci_1994-05c_1024

stsci_1994-05c January 13th, 1994

Credit: NASA, ESA and the COSTAR Team

A 1994 Hubble Space Telescope image of Melnick 34, 30 Doradus.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-05

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Melnick 34 • 30 Doradus
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Type > Wolf-Rayet

Distance

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17,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 38m 41.4s; DEC = -69° 5’ 27.4”
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC)	Optical (B)	368.0 nm

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Stsci_1994-05c_1280

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ID: 1994-05c
Subject Category: C.3.2.4
Subject Name: Melnick 34, 30 Doradus
Credits: NASA, ESA and the COSTAR Team

Release Date: 1994-01-13T00:00:00
Lightyears: 17,000
Redshift: 17,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-05

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Light years

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass: B
Central Wavelength: 368

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 84.672307664692, -69.090958310393
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Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9405c-f-356x344.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9405c-f-356x344.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/05

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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17,000 light years

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