Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 602, N90 |
| Object Description: |
Cluster within Star-Forming Region in the Small Magellanic Cloud. |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 01h 29m 31s
Dec. -73° 33' 15" |
| Constellation: |
Tucana |
| Distance: |
Approximately 196,000 light-years (61 kiloparsecs). |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughy 3 arcminute (180 light-years or 55 parsecs) wide. |
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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 (University of Bologna), M. Tosi (INAF - Bologna Observ.), J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Meixner (STScI), M. Clampin (Goddard Space Flight Center), S. Oey (University of Michigan), A. Pasquali (ETH, Zurich), L. Smith (University College London), and R. Walterbos (New Mexico State University). The science team also includes L. Carlson (Johns Hopkins University). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
July 14/18, 2004 |
| Filters: |
F555W (V), F658N (Halpha+[N II]), and F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) - ESA/Hubble Collaboration |
| Release Date: |
January 8, 2007 |
| Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. One filter was used to sample narrow wavelength emission. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
| F555W (V) |
blue |
| F555W (V) + F814W (I) |
green |
| F658N (Halpha+[N II]) + F814W (I) |
red |
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| Orientation: |
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