Melnick 34
The best available ground-based image of Melnick 34. This image was taken under ideal atmospheric conditions when the width of a star image was about 0.6 arc seconds. This image was used in a NASA release that showed the superiority of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope for imaging these objects.
Credit:
Dr. Georges Meylan of the European Southern Observatory
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9405b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 January 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 356 x 344 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Melnick 34 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet • Stars Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
