Hubble Space Telescope Images of a Bright Star in the Large Magellanic Cloud
The three panels show images of a very bright (Wolf-Rayet) star, Melnick 34, located in the giant star-forming region called 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud. In the background are a number of fainter stars that are comparable in brightness to our Sun.
[Left] Ground Based View
Credit:
NASA & ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9405a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 13 January 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 932 x 453 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Melnick 34 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet • Stars Images/Videos • Miscellaneous Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC1 |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
Notes: The left image was captured by a ground-based observatory.
