Hubblecast 84: A starry snapshot for Hubble’s 25th
This Hubblecast explores the new image of star cluster Westerlund 2, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope and released to celebrate its 25th year in orbit.
Credit:Directed by: Georgia Bladon
Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Georgia Bladon and Nicky Guttridge
Narration: Dr Joe Liske
Images: NASA, ESA/Hubble, the Hubble Heritage Team, A. Nota (ESA/STScI), the Westerlund 2 Science Team, ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Videos: NASA, ESA/Hubble
Animations: Martin Kornmesser, Luis Calcada, NASA, ESA/Hubble
Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com)
Web and technical support: Mathias Andre and Raquel Yumi Shida
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen
About the Video
| Id: | heic1509a |
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| Release date: | 23 April 2015, 15:15 |
| Related releases: | heic1509 |
| Related announcements: | ann1514 |
| Duration: | 04 m 49 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Gum 29, RCW 49, Westerlund 2, WR 20a |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region Milky Way : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
| Category: | HD Hubblecast Nebulae Star Clusters |
