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Quick Facts
| About the Object |
Object Name:
Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus, NGC 2070)
Object Type:
Emission Nebula/Star Forming Region
Position (J2000):
RA:
05h38m42.4s
Dec:
-69d06m02.8s
Distance:
170,000 light-years
Constellation:
Dorado (the Dolphinfish)
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| About the Data |
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/B. Brandl (Cornell & University of Leiden)
Instrument:
IRAC
Wavelengths:
3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), 8.0 (red) microns
Exposure Date:
6 November 2003
Exposure Time:
36 seconds per position
Image Scale:
28.3 x 18.6 arcmin
Orientation:
North is 43 degrees counterclockwise from vertical
Release Date:
January 13, 2004
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| Observers |
Bernhard R. Brandl (Cornell University & University of Leiden)
Sean Carey (SSC/Caltech)
Giovanni G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
James Houck (Cornell University)
S. Thomas Megeath (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
John Stauffer (SSC/Caltech)
Dan Weedman (NSF)
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