Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 346 |
| Object Description: |
Cluster and Nebulosity in the Small Magellanic Cloud |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 00h 59m 18s.0
Dec. -72° 10' 48" |
| Constellation: |
Tucana |
| Distance: |
210,000 light-years away (64,000 parsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 4.7 arcminutes (280 light-years or 87 parsecs). |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10248: A. Nota (STScI/ESA), M. Sirianni (STScI/ESA), E. Sabbi (Univ. of Bologna), M. Tosi (INAF - Bologna Observ.), J.S. Gallagher (Univ. of Wisconsin), M. Meixner (STScI), M. Clampin (GSFC), S. Oey (Univ. of Michigan), A. Pasquali (ETH Zurich), L. Smith (Univ. College London), and R. Walterbos (New Mexico State Univ.). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
July 2004 |
| Filters: |
F555W (V), F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA) |
| Release Date: |
January 12, 2005 |
| Orientation: |
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