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Back A Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars - 30 Doradus Nebula Details (Hubble WFPC2 View)

A Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars - 30 Doradus Nebula Details (Hubble WFPC2 View)


Depicts: 30 Doradus Nebula, R136, the Tarantula Nebula
Copyright: NASA/John Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.) and James Westphal (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.)

This image is a composite of images in two colors taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's visible-light camera, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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