A Grand View of the Birth of 'Hefty Stars' - 30 Doradus Nebula Details (Hubble NICMOS View)
The bottom panel is a composite of pictures taken through three infrared filters with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). In both cases the colours of the displays were chosen to correlate with the nebula's and stars' true colors.
Credit:
NASA/ESA/Nolan Walborn ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.) and Rodolfo Barba (La Plata Observatory, La Plata, Argentina)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9933h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 September 1999, 07:00 |
| Size: | 663 x 249 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 30 Doradus Nebula, Tarantula Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
1.1 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared H |
1.6 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared K |
2.05 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
