Central star cluster in NGC3603
eso_eso9946b October 13th, 1999
Credit: ESO
The central cluster is the densest concentration of massive stars known in the Milky Way. The field shown is about 2.5 x 2.5 light-years 2. It hosts more than 50 hot O-type stars. The brightest star in the field is the red supergiant IRS4 ; it is located about 80 arcsec NE of the center. About 18 arcsec N of the center are the ring nebula and the bipolar outflows around the blue supergiant Sher25. The photo also shows three proplyd-like objects ; they are similar to those seen in Orion Nebula, but 20-30 times more extended. About 1 arcmin SSE of the central cluster are seen the brightest members of the deeply embedded proto cluster IRS9 .
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9946b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso9946b
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.1 B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 3603
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 1999-10-13T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9946b/
- 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
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 168.77932837, -61.2596723465
- Reference Dimension
- 516.0, 515.0
- Reference Pixel
- 258.0, 257.5
- Scale
- -2.05019569386e-05, 2.05019569386e-05
- Rotation
- -0.12631292359667443
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso9946b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9946b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-07T14:44:15+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
