Zoom into Westerlund 2
This video shows a zoom from a wide-field ground-based view into Hubble’s new close-up view of star cluster Westerlund 2, released to celebrate its 25th year in orbit.
Credit:N. Risinger (Skysurvey.org), NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team
Music: Johan Back Monell (www.johanmonell.com)
About the Video
| Id: | heic1509b |
| Release date: | 23 April 2015, 15:15 |
| Related releases: | heic1509 |
| Duration: | 43 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Gum 29, RCW 49, Westerlund 2, WR 20a |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region Milky Way : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
| Category: | HD Nebulae Star Clusters |
