Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1991
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 378, Sept. 1, 1991, p. L21-L23.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Binary Stars, Faint Object Camera, H Ii Regions, Magellanic Clouds, Massive Stars, Nebulae, High Resolution, Hubble Space Telescope, Image Reconstruction, Ultraviolet Astronomy
Scientific paper
R136 is the luminous central object of the giant H II region 30 Doradus in the LMC. The first high-resolution observations of R136 with the Faint Object Camera on board the Hubble Space Telescope are reported. The physical nature of the brightest component R136a has been a matter of some controversy over the last few years. The UV images obtained show that R136a is a very compact star cluster consisting of more than eight stars within 0.7 arcsec diameter. From these high-resolution images a mass upper limit can be derived for the most luminous stars observed in R136.
Albrecht Roland
Barbieri Carlo
Baxter D.
Blades Chris J.
Boksenberg Alec
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