Hubble snapshot captures life cycle of stars

Esahubble_opo9920a_1024

esahubble_opo9920a June 1st, 1999

Credit: Wolfgang Brandner (JPL/IPAC), Eva K. Grebel (Univ. Washington), You-Hua Chu (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and NASA/ESA

In this stunning picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC 3603, the crisp resolution of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures various stages of the life cycle of stars in one single view.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9920a/

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
Esahubble_opo9920a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 15m 8.1s
DEC = -61° 15’ 37.0”
Orientation
North is 51.1° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo9920a_1280
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ID
opo9920a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.1  
Subject Name
NGC 3603
Credits
Wolfgang Brandner (JPL/IPAC), Eva K. Grebel (Univ. Washington), You-Hua Chu (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-06-01T19:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9920a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
168.783937034, -61.2602763019
Reference Dimension
1483.0, 1504.0
Reference Pixel
741.5, 752.0
Scale
-2.77264452655e-05, 2.77264452655e-05
Rotation
51.099999999999845
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
opo9920a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:53:56+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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