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Star formation in the constellation of Carina

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eso_eso1005b February 3rd, 2010

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This wide-field image, based on data from Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the whole region around the cosmic factory NGC 3603, located about 20 000 light-years away. This region contains many star formation regions featuring huge clouds of glowing gas.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1005b/

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 Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 3603
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 15m 9.2s; DEC = -61° 16’ 17.5”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm
	DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	806.0 nm

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ID: eso1005b
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 3603
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2010-02-03T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1005b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: R, I
Central Wavelength: 658, 806

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 168.788457, -61.27153
Reference Dimension: 9529.0, 10212.0

Reference Pixel: 4631.88234336, 5114.43014425
Scale: -0.00027978811, 0.00027978811
Rotation: -0.18125812599
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1005b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1005b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2007-09-03T19:43:38+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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