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Hubble 47 Tucanae in UV with White Dwarfs Marked (47 Tuc, 47 Tucanae, NGC 104) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Hubble 47 Tucanae in UV with White Dwarfs Marked

May 14, 2015 · NASA · 47 Tuc, 47 Tucanae, NGC 104 · Tucana

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About the colours

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F225W (UV) Yellow: F336W (U)

About the data

The UV image of 47 Tuc was created from Hubble data from proposal 12971 : H. Richer (University of British Columbia), A. Dotter (Australian National University), R. Goldsbury (University of British Columbia), B. Hansen (UCLA), J. Heyl (University of British Columbia), J. Kalirai (STScI/JHU), K. Woodley (University of British Columbia), and K. Sigurdson (University of California, Santa Cruz).

The science team includes: J. Heyl and H. Richer (University of British Columbia), E. Antolini (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy), R. Goldsbury (University of British Columbia), J. Kalirai (STScI/JHU), J. Parada (University of British Columbia), and P.-E. Tremblay (STScI).