Area near centre of NGC 3603

Eso_eso0137c_1024

eso_eso0137c December 3rd, 2001

Credit: ESO

This image displays a NAOS-CONICA image of the starburst cluster NGC 3603, obtained during the second night of NAOS-CONICA operation. The sky region shown is some 20 arcsec to the North of the centre of the cluster. NAOS was compensating atmospheric disturbances by analyzing light from the central star with its visual wavefront sensor, while CONICA was observing in the K-band. The image is nearly diffraction-limited and has a Full-Width-Half-Maximum (FWHM) diameter of 0.07 arcsec, with a central Strehl ratio of 56% (a measure of the degree of concentration of the light). The exposure lasted 300 seconds. North is up and East is left. The field measures 27 x 27 arcsec.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137c/

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
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (NACO) Infrared (K) -
Eso_eso0137c_1280
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ID
eso0137c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4   B.5.3.3  
Subject Name
NGC 3603
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2001-12-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
629.0, 634.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso0137c
Metadata Date
2008-12-19T14:32:50+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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