The core of the massive compact star cluster in NGC 3603

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esahubble_heic1009a May 31st, 2010

Credit: NASA, ESA and Wolfgang Brandner (MPIA), Boyke Rochau (MPIA) and Andrea Stolte (University of Cologne)

The core of the star cluster in NGC 3603 is shown in great detail in an image from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) camera on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The image is a colour composite of observations in the WFPC2 filters F555W (blue), F675W (green) and F814W (red). This view shows the second of two images taken ten years apart that were used to detect the motions of individual stars within the cluster for the first time. The field of view is about 20 arcseconds across.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1009a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 3603
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 15m 7.3s
DEC = -61° 15’ 38.4”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic1009a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.1  
Subject Name
NGC 3603
Credits
NASA, ESA and Wolfgang Brandner (MPIA), Boyke Rochau (MPIA) and Andrea Stolte (University of Cologne)
Release Date
2010-05-31T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1009a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, V
Central Wavelength
814, 675, 555
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
168.78050281, -61.2606540248
Reference Dimension
978.0, 978.0
Reference Pixel
489.0, 489.0
Scale
-6.34101837999e-06, 6.34101837999e-06
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1009a
Metadata Date
2010-05-31T13:21:22+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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