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| About
this Object
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Object Name: |
N44C |
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Object Description: |
H II Region in
the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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Position (J2000): |
R.A. 05h 22m 07.91s
Dec. -67° 59' 12.95" |
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Constellation: |
Dorado |
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Distance: |
About 50 kiloparsecs
(160,000 light-years) |
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Dimensions: |
The image is roughly
2.7 arcminutes (126 light-years or 38 parsecs)
across. |
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| About
the Data
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Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
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Exposure Date: |
November 13, 1996
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Exposure Time: |
1.3 hours |
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Filters: |
F502N
([O III]), F547M (Strömgren y),
F656N (H-alpha), F675W (R) |
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Principal
Astronomers: |
D. Garnett (U.
Arizona), Y.-H. Chu (U. Illinois), V. Galarza
(Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago)
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| About
this Image
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Image Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble
Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
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Release Date: |
May 2, 2002 |
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Orientation/Scale: |
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