HST and ground based telescope photo
The accompanying illustration consists of four images of the remarkable cluster of tightly-packed young stars in the 30 Doradus Nebula, 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy.
Panel A (upper left) is a portion of a photograph made with the Wide Field/Planetary Camera on HST on August 3, 1990. The camera photographed four adjoining sky regions simultaneously, which are here assembled in a mosaic.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | 30 Dor, 30 Doradus Nebula, R136 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster Local Universe : Nebula |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Ultraviolet U | 368 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC1 |
| Optical | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope |