Object Name:

NGC 1846

Object Description:

Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Position (J2000):

R.A. 05h 07m 33s.94
Dec. -67° 27' 41".29

Constellation:

Dorado

Distance:

160,000 light-years (49,000 parsecs)

Data Description:

This image was created from HST data from proposal 10595: P. Goudfrooij (STScI), F. De Angeli (University of Cambridge), V. Kozhurina-Platais (STScI), R. Chandar (University of Toledo), T. Puzia (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), and T. Brown (STScI).

Instrument:

ACS

Filters:

F435W (B), F555W (V), F814W (I)

Exposure Date:

January 12, 2006

Exposure Time:

34 minutes

Credit:

Acknowledgment:

Release Date:

November 22, 2011

Color:

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using three broadband filters. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:

Orientation/Scale: