New Hubble infrared view of the Tarantula Nebula: This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in infrared light. This region is full of star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust. Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), this image was snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Name: 30 Doradus Nebula, R136, Tarantula Nebula
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:15
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Hubble optical view of the Tarantula Nebula: This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. This region is full of star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust. Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), this image was snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Name: Tarantula Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:15
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Hubble optical view of the Tarantula Nebula: This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. This region is full of star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust. Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), this image was snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Name: Tarantula Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:15
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Hubble optical view of the Tarantula Nebula: This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. This region is full of star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust. Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), this image was snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Name: Tarantula Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:15
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Hubble optical view of the Tarantula Nebula: This new Hubble image shows a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. This region is full of star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust. Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), this image was snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Name: Tarantula Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:15
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Comparing optical and infrared Hubble views of the Tarantula Nebula: Created using observations taken as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP), these images were snapped using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP) is scanning and imaging many of the many millions of stars within the Tarantula, mapping out the locations and properties of the nebula's stellar inhabitants. These observations will help astronomers to piece together an understanding of the nebula's skeleton, viewing its starry structure.

Name: 30 Doradus Nebula, R136, Tarantula Nebula
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Category: Nebulae
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:15
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Hubble view of barred spiral galaxy Messier 83: This new Hubble image shows the scatterings of bright stars and thick dust that make up spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. One of the largest and closest barred spirals to us, this galaxy is dramatic and mysterious; it has hosted a large number of supernova explosions, and appears to have a double nucleus lurking at its core.

Name: M83, Messier 83
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Category: Galaxies
Constellation: Hydra
Distance: 15 million light years
Release date: 9 January 2014, 16:20
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowledgement: William Blair (Johns Hopkins University)