The galactic starburst region NGC 3603 (annotated)

Eso_eso0317a_1024

eso_eso0317a June 16th, 2003

Credit: ESO

The region around NGC 3603, a cluster of young, hot O and B-type stars still partly embedded in its natal cloud of gas and dust. A small group of nascent, very massive stars has been found to the south of the cluster centre — here indicated as "IRS9". The image was obtained with the ISAAC multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope at Paranal. The orientation and the scale at the distance of NGC 3603 (22,000 light-years) are indicated.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0317a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 3603
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso0317a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 15m 9.2s
DEC = -61° 16’ 17.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
3.4 x 3.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Green VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (H) 1.7 µm
Blue VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0317a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4  
Subject Name
NGC 3603
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-06-16T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0317a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC, ISAAC, ISAAC
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, H, J
Central Wavelength
2200, 1650, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
168.788166, -61.271524
Reference Dimension
800.0, 799.0
Reference Pixel
362.064259732, 240.594844721
Scale
-6.991195e-05, 6.991195e-05
Rotation
0.04642204172
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0317a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0317a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-18T14:41:24+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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