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Compass and Scale Image of NGC 3324
CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Image: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2008
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2008-34-2408-image
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Image: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 3324 |
| Object Description | Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula |
| R.A. Position | 10h 36m 59.0s |
| Dec. Position | -58° 37' 0.0" |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Distance | 7,200 light-years (2.2 kiloparsecs) |
| Dimensions | This image is roughly 6.5 arcminutes (13.4 light-years or 4.1 parsecs) wide. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | HST Proposal: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), J. Bally University of Colorado, Boulder), N. Walborn (STScI), and J. Morse (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and : K. Noll, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, and W. Januszewski (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI), A. Bowers (Baltimore, MD) and N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2 |
| Exposure Dates | March 2006 and July 2008, Exposure Time: 2 hours |
| Filters | ACS: F658N (H-alpha+[N II]) WFPC2: F502N ([O III]) and F673N ([S II]) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS and WFPC2 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F502N ([O III]) Green: F658N (H-alpha+[N II]) Red: F673N ([S II]) |
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