Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
LH 95 |
| Object Description: |
Star-Forming Region in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 05h 37m 4s.37 Dec. -66° 22' 1."6 |
| Constellation: |
Dorado |
| Distance: |
Approximately 160,000 light-years (50 kiloparsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 3 arcminutes (140 light-years or 45 parsecs) across. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following proposal 10566: D. Gouliermis, W. Brandner, and T. Henning (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg), A. Dolphin (Steward Observatory), M. Rosa (European Southern Observatory), and B. Brandl (Leiden Observatory). |
| Instrument: |
ACS |
| Exposure Date(s): |
March, 2006 |
| Filters: |
F555W (V) and F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration |
| Release Date: |
December 16, 2006 |
| Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F555W (V) blue
V+I green
F814W (I) red |
| Orientation: |
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