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Grayscale Image of the Tarantula Nebula (Tarantula Nebula, 30 Doradus, 30 Dor, NGC 2070) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Grayscale Image of the Tarantula Nebula

April 17, 2012 · NASA · Tarantula Nebula, 30 Doradus, 30 Dor, NGC 2070 · Dorado

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About the colours

This image is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS and WFC3 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope.

About the data

This image combines many exposures from the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) from the HST proposal Grayscale Image of the Tarantula Nebula: D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence Cluster, Munich), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), E. Bressert (ESO), P. Crowther (University of Sheffield), A. de Koter (University of Amsterdam), C. Evans (UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Langer (AifA, Bonn), I. Platais (JHU), and H. Sana (University of Amsterdam).

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