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Date: 24 Aug 2006 10:20:16
From: INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT
Subject: WISPY DUST AND GAS PAINT PORTRAIT OF STARBIRTH (STScI-PRC06-41-Heritage)
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FOR RELEASE: August 23, 2006
PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-41
WISPY DUST AND GAS PAINT PORTRAIT OF STARBIRTH
This active region of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC),
as photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, unveils wispy clouds
of hydrogen and oxygen that swirl and mix with dust on a canvas of
astronomical size. The LMC is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
This particular region within the LMC, referred to as N 180B, contains
some of the brightest known star clusters. This image was taken with
Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1998 using filters that
isolate light emitted by hydrogen and oxygen gas.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign) and
Y. Nazé (Universite de Liège, Belgium)
To see and read more about N 180B on the Web, visit:
http://hubblesite.org/news/2006/41
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2006/41
For more information, contact:
You-Hua Chu, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois,
(phone) 217-333-5535, (e-mail) chu@astro.uiuc.edu, or
Ray Villard, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.,
(phone) 410-338-4514, (e-mail) villard@stsci.edu, or
Keith Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.,
(phone) 410-338-1828, (e-mail) noll@stsci.edu
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between
NASA and the European Space Agency. The Space Telescope Science Institute is
operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in
Astronomy, Inc., Washington.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 08:31:16
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: WISPY DUST AND GAS PAINT PORTRAIT OF STARBIRTH (STScI-PRC06-41-Heritage)
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"INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT" <hst-news@stsci.edu > wrote in message
news:44EDB5A0.7090908@stsci.edu...
> FOR RELEASE: August 23, 2006
>
> PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-41
>
>
> WISPY DUST AND GAS PAINT PORTRAIT OF STARBIRTH
>
> This active region of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC),
> as photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, unveils wispy clouds
> of hydrogen and oxygen that swirl and mix with dust on a canvas of
> astronomical size. The LMC is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
> This particular region within the LMC, referred to as N 180B, contains
> some of the brightest known star clusters. This image was taken with
> Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1998 using filters that isolate
> light emitted by hydrogen and oxygen gas.
> Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
> Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign) and
> Y. Nazé (Universite de Liège, Belgium)
>
> To see and read more about N 180B on the Web, visit:
> http://hubblesite.org/news/2006/41
> http://heritage.stsci.edu/2006/41
>
>
> For more information, contact:
> You-Hua Chu, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois,
> (phone) 217-333-5535, (e-mail) chu@astro.uiuc.edu, or
>
> Ray Villard, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.,
> (phone) 410-338-4514, (e-mail) villard@stsci.edu, or
>
> Keith Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.,
> (phone) 410-338-1828, (e-mail) noll@stsci.edu
>
> The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
> between
> NASA and the European Space Agency. The Space Telescope Science Institute
> is
> operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in
> Astronomy, Inc., Washington.
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