Hubble 47 Tucanae - Visible+UV (crop)
47 Tuc, 47 Tucanae, NGC 104
16,700 light-years (5,100 parsecs)
The optical/UV image of 47 Tuc was created from Hubble data from proposal 10048, PI: J. Mack and R. Gillian (STScI) and 12311, PI: G. Piotto (University of Padova, Italy) et al.
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).
ACS/WFC: F475W (B), F606W (V), F814W (I)
WFC3: F275W (UV)
This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC and WFC3 instruments. 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:
Blue: F475W (B)
Green: F606W (V)
Red: F814W (I)
Purple: F275W (UV)
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration;
Acknowledgment: J. Mack (STScI) and G. Piotto (University of Padova, Italy)