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Compass and Scale Image for NGC 3603
CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight C...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2010
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2010-22-2751-image
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Science: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 3603 |
| Object Description | Giant star-forming nebula with massive young stellar clusters |
| R.A. Position | 11h 15m 9.09s |
| Dec. Position | -61° 16' 16.99" |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Distance | Approximately 20,000 light-years (6,100 parsecs) away. |
| Dimensions | This image is roughly 3 arcminutes (17 light-years or 5 parsecs) wide. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), B. Balick (University of Washington), H. Bond (STScI), D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts), M. Carollo (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich), M. Disney (University of Wales, College of Cardiff), M. Dopita (Australian National University), J. Frogel (Ohio State University Research Foundation), D. Hall (University of Hawaii), J. Holtzman (New Mexico State University), P. McCarthy (Carnegie Institution of Washington), F. Paresce (European Southern Observatory, Germany; National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), A.Saha (NOAO/AURA), J. Silk (University of Oxford), A. Walker (NOAO/CTIO), B. Whitmore (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and E. Young (University of Arizona; Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/IR and HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | August 27, 2009 and December 3, 200,9 Exposure Time: 5.3 hours |
| Filters | WFC3/IR: F128N (Paschen-beta) and F164N ([Fe II]) WFC3/UVIS: F555W (V), F656N (H-alpha), and F673N ([S II]) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Five filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Red: F164N ([Fe II]) Yellow: F128N (Paschen-beta) Green: F673N ([S II]) Blue: F656N (H-alpha) White: F555W (V) |
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