Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
N44C |
| Object Description: |
H II Region in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 05h 22m 07.91s
Dec. -67° 59' 12.95" |
| Constellation: |
Dorado |
| Distance: |
About 50 kiloparsecs (160,000 light-years) |
| Dimensions: |
The image is roughly 2.7 arcminutes (126 light-years or 38 parsecs) across. |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
November 13, 1996 |
| Exposure Time: |
1.3 hours |
| Principal Astronomers: |
D. Garnett (U. Arizona), Y.-H. Chu (U. Illinois), V. Galarza (Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
May 9, 2002 |
| Filters: |
F502N ([O III]), F547M (Strömgren y),
F656N (H-alpha), F675W (R) |
| Orientation: |
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