A New View of the Tarantula Nebula

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Color Mapping

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
X-ray	1.5 keV	Chandra ACIS
Infrared	4.5 µm	Spitzer IRAC
Infrared	5.8 µm	Spitzer IRAC
Infrared	8.0 µm	Spitzer IRAC
Optical	775 nm	Hubble ACS
Optical	775 nm	Hubble WFC3

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Astrometrics

Position (undefined): RA = 5^h 38^m 42.3^s; Dec = -69° 6' 2.8"
Field of View: 13.2 x 10.6 arcminutes
Orientation: North is 28.5° left of vertical
Constellation: Dorado

Recent News

04.17.12

This composite of 30 Doradus, aka the Tarantula Nebula, contains data from Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Spitzer (red). Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Tarantula Nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions close to the Milky Way. Chandra's X-rays detect gas that has been heated to millions of degrees by stellar winds and supernovas. This high-energy stellar activity creates shock fronts, which are similar to sonic booms. Hubble reveals the light from massive stars at various stages of star birth, while Spitzer shows where the relatively cooler gas and dust lie.

	May 16 Galaxy's Ring of Fire
	May 6 NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish
	April 3 A Confetti-Like Collection of Stars
	February 7 NASA Telescopes Discover Strobe-like Flashes
	January 8 NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf
	January 8 NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence For Asteroid Belt Around Vega

	May 16 Galactic Wheels within Wheels
	May 6 An Astronomer's Fantasy: Planets in the Lab
	April 3 Taken Under the "Wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud
	March 19 Infant Stars Peek Out from Dusty Cradles
	February 8 Strobe-like Flashes Discovered in a Suspected Binary Protostar
	February 7 Artist's Impression of Pulsating Object LRLL 54361
	February 7 Protostar LRLL 54361
	January 8 Vega: Two Belts and the Possibility of Planets
	January 8 Anatomy of Brown Dwarf's Atmosphere
	January 8 Rocky Ring of Debris Around Vega