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Star Cluster R136 – Wide Field/Planetary Camera

This unprocessed image, taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, yields stellar diameters of 0.1 arcsecond, allowing many more stars to be distinguished than in previous ground-based telescope images.

About the Object

R.A. Position
R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
05h 38m 42.39s
Dec. Position
Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
-69° 6' 2.81"

Object Name
Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
R136
Release Date
August 13, 1990
Science Release
Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Extragalactical Stellar Nursery
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Credit
Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI

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